The National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions' Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy, is an open-access, peer-reviewed, online periodical advancing research and scholarly thought related to collective bargaining and other issues in higher education, and making relevant and pragmatic peer-reviewed research readily accessible.

The Journal is now accepting submissions for the next issue to be published in fall 2026. Our authors customarily include college and university faculty and administrators, scholars, graduate students, union activists and leaders, and others interested in collective bargaining in higher education. Please see the Aims & Scope page for more information or contact the co-editors with any questions on possible submissions.

Journal: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/
Aims & Scope: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/jcba/aimsandscope.html

The Journal co-editors are Gary Rhoades, University of Arizona, Karen Stubaus, University of Michigan Labor Relations Strategist, National Center Affiliated Researcher, and Rutgers University, Vice President for Academic Affairs Emerita, and Jacob Apkarian, York College, City University of New York. The Journal is supported in part by a generous contribution from TIAA and is hosted by the institutional repository of Eastern Illinois University, The Keep, a service of EIU's Booth Library.