Journal of Higher Education Management is a national professional academic journal in the field of higher education management, supervised by the Department of Education of Jiangsu Province and sponsored by Jiangsu University. It is currently:A source journal of the Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI)；A National Chinese Core Journal；A Core Journal of the AMI Index (Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Evaluation Report)；A National Excellent Social Science Journal of Universities；An important source journal for reprinting in Renmin；University’s Copying and Clipping Materials of Newspapers and Periodicals；

A member journal of the Professional Journals Series of Chinese Universities.

The journal is fully indexed in major domestic and international academic databases.Based on extensive solicitation and demonstration in the early stage, we are pleased to announce the main special topics for 2026 as follows:

1. Research on the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System for China’s Higher Education Studies

2. Research on the Modernization of Higher Education Governance System and Governance Capacity

3. Research on Building a Strong Educational Country and a High-Quality Higher Education System

4. Research on Chinese-Style Modernization of Higher Education and Basic Theories of Higher Education

5. Research on AI-Enabled Higher Education and Digital Higher Education

6. Research on Diversified Development of Universities toward 2035

7. Research on the Construction of Advantageous Disciplines and the Adjustment of Discipline and Specialty Layout during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period

8. Research on Higher Education Empowering New Quality Productive Forces

9. Research on Higher Education Serving National Scientific and Technological Self-Reliance and Self-Improvement

10. Research on Higher Education Supporting High-Quality Economic and Social Development

11. Research on the “Double First-Class” Initiative and Higher Education Development

12. Research on Internationalization of Higher Education and Global Governance

13. Research on Coordinated Development of Regional Higher Education

14. Research on Independent Cultivation of Top-Notch Innovative Talents in Universities

15. Research on Higher Education Evaluation and Institutional Reform

16. Research on Coordinated Reform of the Institutional Mechanism for Education, Science and Technology, and Talent Development

17. Research on Demographic Structure Changes and Restructuring of the Higher Education System

18. Research on Ideological and Political Guidance Empowering the Construction of a Strong Educational Country

19. Research on Organized Scientific Research in Universities

20. Research on Private and Vocational Education Management

Contributions should uphold correct political orientation, balance political stance and academic rationality,feature solid argumentation, rigorous analysis and innovation.Manuscripts should be more than 10,000 words.The specific names of fund projects shall not be indicated.Corresponding author is not used.All submissions should be made online via our official submission system. Manuscripts must be formatted in accordance with the Submission Template for Journal of Higher Education Management (available in the “Download Center” on the official website).All submissions will undergo peer review, and high-quality papers will be given priority for publication.

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