Letter From the Editor

It was a busy 2017 for the HLRC journal. As you probably noticed, we upgraded to the newest version of the hosting software, which gives the journal a cleaner look and feel. Hopefully there was no learning curve for you. We also successfully began publishing articles online as they were accepted, reviewed, and copyedited, thus ensuring your work appears as soon as possible. Rolling publication still allows us to compile articles into two online issues per year.

We also continued to expand our indexation. HLRC is indexed now in Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and, most recently, JGate. Each additional indexation extends the reach of all HLRC articles.

This year the editorial staff initiated two campaigns to heighten interest in the journal. The first campaign involved sending flyers to dozens of institutions soliciting scholars interested in becoming peer reviewers. In the second, we sent information to the same schools soliciting authors interested in submitting articles to the journal. There was a fair amount of interest in peer reviewing, and in the latter months of the year, the number of submissions increased as well. The editorial staff continues to look only for the best quality manuscripts, and this year our acceptance rate was 43%.

We at the HLRC journal wish all of you a very wonderful holiday, and we look forward to serving you in 2018!

Sincerely,

Gary J. Burkholder, PhD

Editor in Chief