Becoming an RHE Reviewer, Editorial Board member, and Editorial Team member
Become a Reviewer
If you are interested in being a reviewer for RHE, we invite you to fill out the survey found at bit.ly/RHE_reviewer. RHE’s editorial team considers and selects reviewers based on areas of need. RHE welcomes recent graduates with a terminal doctoral degree as well as more established scholars to become reviewers!
Crafting Strong Reviews
Check out this document if you’re interested in learning how to write a strong peer review. The Review of Higher Education editorial team compiled several resources that we believe will provide key information and tips for helping our reviewers to provide in-depth, relevant, and critical reviews of academic research.
Become an Editorial Board Member
Serving as a reviewer is a pathway to the RHE Editorial Board. During the annual process to appoint members to the RHE Editorial Board for
a three-year term, the Editors consider ASHE members who have completed excellent reviews during the previous years.
Every fall, RHE Editors recommend to the Publications Committee current ASHE members for appointment to the editorial board. Editorial board members serve a three-year term at the pleasure of the editor. An editor may appoint an editorial board member for a second, consecutive three-year term, subject to approval of the Publications Committee. After a hiatus of at least three years and in rare cases, an editorial member may be appointed for one additional three-year term on a given board, subject to approval of the Publications Committee.
Become an Editor or Associate Editor
The Publications Committee is charged with expressly soliciting recommendations, including by the incumbent editor and the membership of the association, in making a recommendation to the board on the appointment of the editor of all ASHE publications. The board, by two-thirds vote, shall appoint each editor to a five-year term, once renewable for five years by a vote of two-thirds of the board. Editors wishing to renew their appointment are subject to an evaluation during the last year of their initial appointment, with the review committee appointed by the board of directors.
RHE Editors Penny Pasque and Thomas Nelson Laird were first appointed to a five-year term beginning November 1, 2019. After an evaluation process in 2023, they were reappointed to an additional three-year term from November 1, 2024-November 1, 2026. The final year of this term will be a transition year with the newly appointed editor(s). The Publications Committee will launch a search for a new editor(s) in Fall 2025.
RHE Editors recommend to the Publications Committee current ASHE members for appointment to as Associate Editors. Associate Editors serve for a term(s) set by the editor, with approval of the Publications Committee, and at the pleasure of the editor.
Generally, RHE Associate Editors serve as Editorial Board members prior to their appointment.