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The Business Education Forum - Article Proposal

General Instructions CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: Business Education Forum Share what you know about teaching business by writing an article for publication. We’re looking for articles that interest teachers in the field of business education and that aim to improve learning for students by making teaching more effective and creative. The kind of article you would like to read—one that brings something new to the table.  How does this benefit you? Gaining professional accomplishment and recognition, making a difference in the life of your colleagues, and making a lasting contribution to the profession you love. What kinds of articles? The Forum is looking for articles by practitioners, for practitioners to run in the following regular columns:

  • Business Education Competency-based activities and perspectives (1500–2000 words)
  • Planbook/Theory into Practice  (450–950 words)
  • From the Field (450–750 words)
  • Resource Review (350–450 words) 

What does each type of article cover and require? Consult your member copy (available online) and read articles in your intended columns for examples and structure. If you still have questions, contact Joanne Lozar Glenn (jlg@joannelozarglenn.com) for additional information.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES/Do’s and Don’ts Do:

  • Give your article a title.
  • Include your byline (By Firstname Lastname)
  • Be clear, concise, logical, and specific.
  • Format your manuscript DOUBLESPACED in a MICROSOFT  WORD document.
  • Include your bio in this format: Name (phone; email) is title at institution, city, state.
  • Send a headshot that is high resolution, 300 dpi, JPG format.
  • If you are including graphics, - Create most tables directly in the Word document at the desired location. - Insert a copy of any Excel-based image at the desired location AND send the original source Excel file with the Word manuscript. - Send head shots or other photographic images as separate files (see second bullet in “Don’ts,” below). These images should be high resolution, minimum 300 dpi, JPG format.

Please Don’t:

  • Submit via Google Docs or other programs that have their own embedded formatting. Those programs are generally incompatible with the software used to produce the Business Education Forum.
  • Send photo images (such as your headshot) in MS Word documents because they will lose quality, definition, crispness, etc. 


Under copyright law, you hold the copyright to your creative works for your lifetime and 50 years thereafter. Before the National Business Education Association and the Association for Business Teaching and Research can publish your manuscript, the Association must receive all copyrights from you, including specifically the rights to: 1.Use this material in NBEA and Association for Business Teaching and Research publications; 2.Give other publishers permission to prepare derivative works; 3. Reproduce this material, including electronic media and making photocopies. It is understood that any reproduction of the above material will be clearly identified as your work. You will retain the right to excerpt it freely, but we ask that you indicate the original source of publication. I agree that I will not submit this manuscript in its entirety for publication elsewhere if it is published in the Journal for Business Teaching and Research.