10 years of research on student affairs in Africa

The Journal of Student Affairs in Africa just turned a full 10 years old. A lot of changes and innovations are accompanying this milestone. When JSAA was born in 2013, it wasn't quite with all the support we would have hoped. But over the last 10 years, the key people involved are without a doubt the 'triumvirate' of colleagues in the Editorial Executive, Dr Birgit Schreiber, Prof Teboho Moja and I, who in different ways made and are making the journal a success. The question is: who will be leading the journal through the next 10 years? 

Among the changes are the look and feel of the journal inside; additional information on article processing on the article front pages, and on ethics, conflict of interests and funding on their back pages.

Every article now has in addition to their English abstract and keywords the same in French. This opens the door to a more multilingual JSAA where authors can actually submit a second abstract and set of keywords in any official African language. 

JSAA is also launching a Community of Practice this year to expand this platform's impact on the development of research and publishing on student affairs in Africa as part of our aim to contribute to the professionalisation of student affairs.

And finally, we will have in the next issue the first JSAA Awards ever. 

The Journal is Open Access available at www.jsaa.ac.za and https://upjournals.up.ac.za/index.php/jsaa/issue/view/312