Focus on Enrichment

Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment is a national, blind peer reviewed journal  published once yearly by the College of Education at Southern University at New Orleans.  The mission of the journal is aligned with the Southern University at New Orleans College of Education mission.   The purpose of the journal is to create an academic forum and a dialogue for enriching the educational experiences of students in urban schools.  The publication provides educators, scholars, and professionals across academic disciplines an opportunity to disseminate their scholarly works.  The editorial board is committed to including only the highest level of research and professional ideas in this publication. 

Publication Guidelines

The editors of Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment invite submission of original manuscripts which contains essential information for enrichment focus in urban schools.  All manuscripts must be carefully edited before submission.  Article submissions should not exceed 25 to 30 pages doubles-paced  8.5” by 11” manuscript pages (roughly 6,500 to 7800 words), in a 12-point font and with one-inch margins.  The manuscript must be typed utilizing Microsoft Word.  Submissions should include three hard copies of the manuscript as well as a disk copy.  Authors should include a separate cover page with their names, titles, institutions, mailing address, daytime phone numbers(s), fax number(s), e-mail addresses, and a brief biographical sketch.  Every effort should be made to ensure that, except for the cover sheet, the manuscript contains no clues to the authors’ identity.  The manuscript must be accompanied by a cover letter containing the name, address, and phone number of a contact author, as well as a statement that the manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere.  The editors request that all text pages be numbered.  The page length includes the “Footnotes” section (for substantive additions to the text which should be included at the end of the paper) and the “References” section (where full citations amplify the abbreviated in-text references for books or periodicals, e.g., alphabetized by author’s name).  References should include the most recent publications on your research topic.  For writing and editorial style, authors must follow guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). The editors reserve the right to make minor changes for the sake of clarity.   Manuscripts should be sent to Editor, Journal of Urban Education, Department of Social Sciences, Southern University at New Orleans, 6801 Press Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126.  Documents should not be e-mailed.

Before publication of any manuscript, authors are obliged to sign a copyright agreement with Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment in accordance with U.S. Copyright laws effective January, 1978.  Under the agreement, authors agree willingly to transfer copyright to Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment which will, however, freely grant the author the right to reprint his or her article, if published in the author’s own works. 

ISSN 1546-3206

For Further Information Contact:
Ashraf Esmail
Co-Editor
Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment
504-914-2818