NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTORS

Sociology of Education provides a forum for studies in the sociology of education and human social development. We publish research that examines how social institutions and individuals’ experiences within these institutions affect educational processes and social development. Such research may span various levels of analysis, ranging from the individual to the structure of relations among social and educational institutions. In an increasingly complex society, important educational issues arise throughout the life cycle. The journal presents a balance of papers examining all stages and all types of education at the individual, institutional, and organizational levels. We invite contributions from all methodologies.

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION AND PROCESSING

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soe. Submitting authors are required to set up an online account on the SAGETrack system, powered by Scholar One.

A processing fee of $25.00 is required for each paper submitted, except reviews. (Fees are waived for student members of the ASA.)

• Manuscripts that are accepted for review will be sent out anonymously for editorial evaluation. Authors’ names, affiliations, and other identifying material such as acknowledgments or personal references should be placed on the title page only, or on other separate pages preceding the text. It is the authors’ responsibility to remove all identifying information before submitting a manuscript. Manuscripts not adhering to this guideline will be returned.
• Obtaining permission for any quoted or reprinted material that requires permission is the responsibility of the author. The online process permits submission of a separate title page, a main manuscript document, and supplementary files. Authors will be required to pay the manuscript processing fee via PayPal at the time of manuscript submission. The author will receive a confirmation of manuscript submission via e-mail. Authors can also log on to Manuscript Central at any time to check the status of their manuscript. Authors will receive an e-mail once a decision has been made on their manuscript. Please keep in mind that manuscripts accepted for publication are subject to copyediting.
• All papers should include an abstract of no more than 150 words on a separate page.
• Manuscripts must be in Word format, double-spaced (including footnotes, biography, acknowledgments, abstracts, references, indented material, and tables), and paginated. Place footnotes at the end of the manuscript. Margins should be at least one-inch wide all around.
• Present each table and figure on a separate page. Figures must be submitted as JPEGs or TIFFs and should have a resolution of 300dpi or higher.
• Place acknowledgments, credits, grant numbers, corresponding address, and e-mail on the title page and mark with an asterisk. If you include this information, place an asterisk after the title.
• Clarify all symbols with notes in the margins of the manuscript. Circle these and all other explanatory notes not intended for printing.

CITATION FORMAT

Sociology of Education uses the current ASA style for all articles, notes, conversations, and application pieces. At this time, authors should use the ASA Style Guide, 4th Edition
(http://www2.asanet.org/pubs/asaguidelinesnew.pdf).

• Identify each source at the appropriate point in the text by the last name of the author or authors, year of publication, and pagination (if needed). Examples:
• Glaser and Strauss (1969) discussed the importance….
• Declining enrollments pose a threat to the faculty (Huber 1985:375-82).
• Merton (1940, 1945) argues….
• In the first in-text citation of items with four or more names, use the first author’s last name plus the words “et al.” List all names only when “et al.” would cause confusion. In citations with three or fewer authors, all authors’ last names should be listed the first time the reference is cited.
• When two authors in your reference list have the same last name, use identifying initial, as in (J. Smith 1990).
• For institutional authorship, supply minimum identification from the beginning of the reference item, as in (U.S. Bureau of the Census 1986:123).
• When you cite more than one source, the preference is that authors alphabetize citations within parentheses, as follows:
• ...issues that both faculty and students are expected to address (DeMartini 1983; Lynch and Smith 1985; Rippertoe 1977).