The "Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation" is now the "Journal of Higher Education, Athletics, Labor & Innovation." Learn more About the Journal or visit the Archives to access the journals' publications.
About the Journal
EST. 2015
The Journal of Higher Education, Athletics, Labor & Innovation (JHEALI) (ISSN 3065-7369) is devoted to becoming a premier higher education resource for scholars and practitioners. JHEALI strives to publish scholarship on a range of topics that employ various methodological approaches to investigating intercollegiate athletics's role within higher education institutions and related communities. JHEALI invites submissions from all scholars and practitioners, as our mission is also to provide early career researchers and authors from underrepresented groups with an opportunity to showcase their innovative, relevant, and timely research in the rapidly changing fields of sport, labor, culture, and higher education.
This journal includes research investigating National Collegiate Athletics Association participating member institutions, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics institutions, community colleges, pre-college, and other organizations and associations that support college sports. Volumes 1 and 2 of the journal were published between 2016 and 2024 under the initial title, the Journal of Higher Education Athletics & Innovation. The scholarly articles included in the JHEALI will be Anonymous Reviewer/Anonymous Author reviewed empirical and theoretical studies in intercollegiate athletics that constitute significant contributions to the literature. We encourage submissions focusing on the following areas: methodological, political, cultural, social, economic, psychosocial, policy, innovative, and organizational issues in intercollegiate athletics.
We are accepting submissions and publish bi-annually (twice every academic year) with the potential for additional issues, including special editions.
JHEALI provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange. All content in JHEALI is freely available without charge to the user or their institution.
Current Issue
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): Initial Publication Post-JHEAI
The landscape of intercollegiate athletics in American higher education has dramatically shifted due to legal and structural changes, fundamentally altering the labor dynamics for college athletes. Factors such as Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) rights, increased revenue, media scrutiny, and streamlined transfer policies underscore the need for a shift in academic focus. This journal has long explored the synergy between higher education and athletics, emphasizing theory-based, data-driven innovation. Now, the evolving landscape calls for a marriage of labor and innovation for all stakeholders within the collegiate environment.
Because of recent federal court cases, athletes now have the ability for the first time to share in revenue created by their participation in college sports. Combined with the multitude of state regulations on NIL, recent Supreme Court decisions, and the push for national reform of college athletics has placed us in the perfect time to adjust the scope of our journal to ensure we provide the most accurate, updated scholarly research in our field.
Published:
2024-12-06
