Educational Planning, the refereed journal of the International Society for Educational Planning (ISEP), is published quarterly by ISEP which maintains the journal’s editorial office at: 2903 Ashlawn Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.
The Journal is assigned ISSN 1537-873X (print) and ISSN 2998-7067 (digital) by the National Serials Data Program of the Library of Congress.
The journal is indexed in the H. W. Wilson Education Index. The journal and articles are a part of EBSCO Database and ERIC Database. The journal currently has a 35% acceptance rate.
All material in Educational Planning is the property of ISEP and is copyrighted. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means electronically or mechanically including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system without written permission from the publisher. Permission to use material generally will be made available by the editor to students and educational institutions upon written request.
Call for Manuscripts
Educational Planning welcomes manuscripts relating to all aspects of international educational planning in, but not limited to, the following themes:
- The theoretical development of educational planning
- Educational planning practices
- Educational planning concept applications
- Professional observations of educational planning challenges
- Empirical studies on educational planning issues
Publication Schedule
- Winter Issue: Deadline for paper submission is January 1
- Spring Issue: Deadline for paper submission is April 1
- Summer Issue: Deadline for paper submission is July 1
- Fall Issue: Deadline for paper submission is October 1
Submission Guidelines
- Length of manuscript – limited to 8,000 words including abstracts, references, tables, figures and appendixes.
- Writing style – adherence to APA 7 Publication Guidelines
- Cover page – should be submitted in a separate file to include the manuscript title, author(s)’ name(s), official title(s), affiliation(s) and contact information.
- Manuscript – should be submitted in a separate file to include the paper title, a 200-word abstract, the paper itself, the references, the tables, the figures and the appendixes if any. The identity of the author(s) should not be disclosed at the paper for peer review.
- Submitted online directly to the Editor, Dr. Tak Cheung Chan (Send an Email).
Review Process
Manuscripts will first be screened by the editors for suitability to the planning themes of the journal. They will then be sent for peer review by at least two members of the editorial review board. In consideration of the reviewers’ comments, the editors will make decision and inform the author(s) of the decision of the editors for the manuscript to be published, to be rejected, to be revised and published, or to be revised and resubmitted for another review.
A summary of the reviewers’ comments and recommendations on the manuscript will be shared with the author(s). The entire review process will take about four weeks. All the accepted manuscripts in their final publication format will be sent to the author(s) for final approval before publication. Author(s) of accepted manuscripts for publication will be asked to sign manuscript copyright release forms to Educational Planning before publication. All the issues of Educational Planning containing the manuscripts will be published online on the website of the Society for Educational Planning with printed hardcopies to be mailed to the authors.
All materials in Educational Planning are the property of ISEP and are copyrighted. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means electronically or mechanically including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system without written permission from the publisher. Permission to use material generally will be made available by the editor to students and educational institutions upon written request.
Editorial Board
Editorial Review Board
Marcia Baldanza, Marymount University, USA
Abdourahmane Barry, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Jodie Brinkmann, Virginia Tech and State University, USA
Carol Cash, Virginia Tech and State University, USA
Kristine Clark, Niagara College, Canada
Caroline Crawford, University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA
Edward Duncanson, Western Connecticut State University, USA
Khaled W. El-Nemr, Culpeper County Public Schools, Virginia, USA
Angela Ford, University at Albany, The State University of New York, USA
Ori Eyal, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Ming Tak Hue, Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, China
John Hunt, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
Binbin Jiang, Kennesaw State University, USA
Arvin Johnson, Kennesaw State University, USA
Lori Jonas, Niagara University, USA
Ebru Karatas, Ghent University, Belgium
Sushma Marwaha, Niagara University, Toronto, Canada
John McKenna, Niagara University, USA
John A. McTavish, Niagara College, Canada
Agostino Menna, Bishop’s University, Canada
Noran L. Moffett, Fayetteville State University, USA
Hamit Ozen, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
Ardene Reid-Virtue, Church Teachers’ College: Mandeville, Jamaica
Caitlin Riegel, Niagara University, USA
Abebayehu Tekleselassie, The George Washington University, USA
Canute S. Thompson, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Maartje Eva Damiate Van den Bogaard, University of Texas at El Pasco, USA
Ting Wang, Huzhou Normal University, China
Ann-Marie Wilmot, The University of the West Indies, Jamaica
DeVere Wolsey, The American University at Cairo, Egypt
Nicholas Clegorne, Kennesaw State University, USA
Easaw Alemayehu Assefa, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Alsaeed Alshamy, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Maruff Akinwale Oladejo, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Roselle Aranha, Niagara University, USA
Isela Peña, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Editor: Tak Cheung Chan, Kennesaw State University, USA
Associate Editors: Walter Polka, Niagara University, USA & Holly Catalfamo, Niagara College, Canada
Assistant Editor: Selahattin Turan, Bursa Uludag University, Turkey
Online Manager: Caitlin Riegel, Niagara University, USA
Previous Editors:
Ciceley Watson, University of Toronto, Ontario
Robert Beach, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Bill Mcinerney, Purdue University, Indiana
Mark Baron, University of South Dakota, Vermillion
Rudi Mattai, State University of New York, Buffalo
Linda LeMasters, George Washington University, Washington D.C.