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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • Permitted Uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by Authors and Reviewers: AI tools can be used for editing, improving readability, and structuring, provided there is human oversight and explicit disclosure (e.g., Final version was edited to improve readability and fluency with assistance from ChatGPT-4. The author(s)/reviewer(s) reviewed all generated suggestions and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.
  • Prohibited Uses of AI by Authors: The use of generative AI in data analysis, identification of results, or preparation of any part of the manuscript is strictly prohibited. The author(s) must declare that they have not used any type of generative AI for the writing of the manuscript other than those items specifically listed as permitted by JIPE (see above). Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Office doc or docx format.
  • The submission includes a financial disclosure statement at the end of the manuscript.
  • The text is double spaced, uses a 12-point font, 1-inch margins and is no more than 30 pages in length.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, seventh edition.
  • The manuscript has been divided into separate files as directed in the author guidelines.
  • Any potentially identifying information, including but not limited to name, affiliation, or contact information, has been removed.
  • The Author(s) acknowledge and accept the licensing and copyright terms outlined above, including the application of a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

Author Guidelines

Manuscripts must be double spaced, use a 12-point font, 1-inch margins and be no more than 30 pages in length, including abstract, references and tables.

The manuscript should be submitted in two separate files: 1. an Authors Details page and 2. the Main Text file complete with plain language summary, financial disclosure statement, and all tables and figures in-text. Failure to submit the manuscript in two separate files will result in an immediate desk reject.

The authors details file should contain: i. Full title, short title and the names, any post-nominal letters, and affiliations of all authors; ii. Full address information, including e-mail, telephone and fax, of the corresponding author(s); iii. Name(s) of any sponsor(s) of the research contained in the article, along with grant number(s).

The main text file should be presented in the following order: i. Title, abstract and keywords; ii. Plain Language Summary; iii Main text with Financial Disclosure Statement at the end; iv. References; v. Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes); vi. Figures; vii. Appendices (if relevant). All figures, tables, and supporting information should be in-text. The main manuscript file should include an abstract of up to 100 words. Please provide 3 to 5 keywords, separated by semicolons (;). References should follow APA Format.

As papers are double-blind peer reviewed, the main text file should not include any information that might identify the authors. 

In compliance with Federal Plain Language Guidelines, we are asking all of our authors to provide a plain language summary (PLS) of their articles. The PLS will immediately follow the article’s abstract and should include statements that answer the following subheadings: What we did in this study, Findings, and Conclusion. More information on what a plain language summary is can be found in this document.

Copyright and Licensing

All works published in the Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education are licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. Copyright is held by the respective author(s) of each work.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)  that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors agree to add the following declaration to the acknowledgments section at the end of the manuscript: This content is solely the responsibility of the author(s). No financial disclosures and no non-financial disclosures were reported by the author(s) of this paper. -- Please disclose all financial and non-financial relationships that could be perceived as conflicts of interest (COI) to maintain transparency and research integrity. Disclosures might include funding sources/grants, employment, consultancies/advisory boards, patents, stocks, and personal relationships that could bias the presented research.
  3. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  4. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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