Higher Learning 2025: Wits University Press

Wits University Press is the oldest university press in South Africa. Today, it publishes scholarship from all over the southern African region to provide recognition for African research and to influence global debates about the south more broadly.

PW Studio: Higher Learning 2025: University of the West Indies Press

A critical source for Caribbean scholarship and research, the University of the West Indies Press aims to enhance, encourage, and disseminate Caribbean works and authors and to promote the reputation of the University of the West Indies, the press says, “by empowering the scholarly community it serves and ensuring that the university and its scholars stand at the forefront of global conversations.”

Higher Learning 2025: Wesleyan University Press

PW Studio: Higher Learning 2025: Wayne State University Press

Founded in 1941 in Detroit, Mich., Wayne State University Press has cultivated deep relationships with readers across the city and the state—connections that remain integral to its culture and heritage.

Higher Learning 2025: The University of Vermont Press

Formerly an imprint of the University Press of New England—a university press consortium that published and distributed print books from 1970 to 2018—the University of Vermont Press was reestablished in 2023. A diamond open access scholarly publisher, UVM Press forgoes author processing fees to provide digital books and journals that are free to read and download online.

Higher Learning 2025: University of Texas Press

Rich in history and tradition, the University of Texas Press, established in 1950, is a storied book and journal publisher based in Austin where “the life experiences, insights, and specialized knowledge of writers converge.”

Higher Learning 2025: University of Ottawa Press

Located in Ottawa, Canada’s national capital, Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press is the publishing house of the University of Ottawa, one of the top 10 research-intensive universities in the country and the largest bilingual university in the world.

Higher Learning 2025: U.S. Armed Forces Presses

The top five U.S. Armed Forces presses in the country—each affiliated with a U.S. Armed Forces university—publish works offering unmatched expertise and insights that illuminate military history and experience.

Higher Learning 2025: The University of Oklahoma Press

Based in Norman, Okla., since 1928, the University of Oklahoma Press was the first university press in the Southwest. Long a leading publisher of books about the American West and the Native American experience, the press also produces books in the fields of environmental history, classical studies, and military history and works for instructors in higher education.

Higher Learning 2025: Mercer University Press

Located in Macon, Ga., Mercer University Press has been publishing great books in the fields of Southern studies, religion, and philosophy for 45 years, since 1979.

PW Studio: Higher Learning 2025: University of Manitoba Press

Founded in 1967, the University of Manitoba Press is the oldest university press in Western Canada, located on the original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, and Dakota Oyate peoples and on the Homeland of the Red River Métis Nation. The press publishes critical scholarship that engages with the issues and events affecting the lives of Canadians and is recognized as a leading publisher of books on Indigenous history, Indigenous studies, and Canadian history.

Higher Learning 2025: Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama

Lovers of offbeat fiction and poetry need look no further than Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama, a publisher on a mission to discover and release works that might not be appreciated elsewhere.

Higher Learning 2025: Celebrating Our Veterans

This year, University Press Week begins on November 11, Veterans Day—the day we pay tribute to military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. In honor of the occasion, the Association of University Presses is calling special attention to the five members that are affiliated with U.S. Armed Forces universities: Air University Press, Army University Press, Marine Corps University Press, Naval Institute Press, and West Point Press.

Higher Learning 2025: Johns Hopkins University Press

Led by executive director Barbara Kline Pope, the Johns Hopkins University Press is one of the world’s largest university presses, with a diverse range of scholarly content–related products and services, including a book distribution division, Hopkins Fulfillment Services, and Project MUSE, a massive online collection of 800 journals and 100,000 books from 400 publishers available to millions of readers worldwide.

Higher Learning 2025: Paradigm Publishing Services

Conceived in October 2023 and launched a year later with a new brand and website, Paradigm Publishing Services is a visionary division of De Gruyter Brill that’s designed to respond to the evolving needs of publishers in the modern digital era.

Higher Learning 2025: University Press of Colorado

Founded in 1965, the University Press of Colorado, led by director Darrin Pratt, is devoted to advancing and disseminating knowledge globally by publishing significant scholarly works and making them accessible to a wide audience.

Higher Learning 2025: Cambridge University Press

The world’s oldest university press, Cambridge University Press was granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534 and is known as the King’s Printer. As part of the University of Cambridge—an institution globally renowned for its academic excellence and innovative thinking—the press delivers trusted research and learning materials that enhance understanding and support Cambridge’s mission to advance knowledge and contribute to society through education and research.

Higher Learning 2025: Boydell & Brewer/ University of Rochester Press

An independent, employee-owned publisher with offices in the U.K. and the U.S., Boydell & Brewer is committed to delivering the best humanities and social science scholarship to a global audience.

Higher Learning 2025: University of Arkansas Press

Located in Fayetteville, Ark., a city known as an academic hub and for its innovative spirit, the University of Arkansas Press was founded in 1980 by the historian Willard Gatewood and the poet Miller Williams, who was named its inaugural director.

Higher Learning: A Snapshot of University Presses in 2025

Fall is here and it’s time to celebrate University Press Week. This year’s theme—#StepUP—is a chance to discover the ways university presses step up to educate, enlighten, and take action and to explore how their publications and platforms help to contextualize current issues and events, offer solutions to global challenges, and amplify diverse voices across an array of disciplines.