The mission of ACPA Books and Media (BAM) is to “… publish books that will inform and benefit professionals in the student affairs field … designed to appeal to a broad, interdisciplinary audience of researchers, scholars and practitioners.” A particular emphasis of BAM is to publish work that is timely in addressing emerging issues. Historically BAM has published short and full-length books and monographs, often written by first-time authors. The editorial board is also very interested in publishing more works that take advantage of electronic media, including the potential to expand ACPA’s offerings of “webinars” and similar professional development. While maintaining the strong base ACPA has in offering high-quality publications that incorporate thoughtful scholarship, BAM wants to more fully address the need for ACPA to offer professional development that is timely, useful, and appeals to changes in our profession and professionals.

The BAM editorial board has also identified a list of current, critical topics that it would like to see addressed in upcoming publications. That list includes a number of items on to which CCAPS members can apply their expertise and speak with authority. Those issues include: multicultural competence and identity development, men’s issues, the role of counseling in student affairs, and – arguably most important – trends and responses to student mental health issues.

BAM proposal packages must include a manuscript proposal (general description, rationale, abstract, and description of chapters/content), as well as supporting documents (background information for author(s)/editor(s), a draft chapter, and writing samples for each major author/editor). Criteria for editorial consideration include timeliness and importance of the topic, theoretical/knowledge basis for the work, and appropriate incorporation of multicultural dimensions of the issue. The full Books and Media publication handbook can be downloaded from the ACPA website at http://www.myacpa.org/pub/pub_media.cfm.