Title:  College English

Editor:  John Schilb, Indiana University

Publication Information:   College English is the official journal of the College section of NCTE, and it has been published since 1939.  Attempts to “address a broad cross-section of the profession” (“Editorial Policy”).  As long as the topic is of “general interest” within the field, any subject within English studies at the university level is appropriate.  Rhetoric and composition are only two of quite a few sub disciplines served by this journal.  Audience is broad, covering all scholars within English studies, not just those within Rhetoric and composition.  Published six times per year.  Submissions:  Manuscripts should add new knowledge to the field or challenge common thought.  Discussions of pedagogy should be broadly applicable to other cases than the one described.  Peer reviewed.  Subscription fees:  $75 nonmembers, $25 members of NCTE.

Accessibility:  Available in hard copy from 1939-present, and digitally from JSTOR III from 1939-2003 at Jerome library.

Analysis:  Although being the official journal of the embarrassingly small College section of NCTE doesn’t sound like much (at least, from its meager showing at the national conferences), the journal is widely respected throughout English studies, particularly to Rhetoric and composition scholars.  Under the current editorship, the journal is nicely balanced between rhetoric studies and literary studies (previously, it was almost exclusively literary studies).  Publishes almost exclusively articles which use rhetorical and historical modes, rarely if ever articles which are empirical.  A strong journal with an incredibly broad scope, which can work as both a benefit and a flaw.