Larger schooling professionals, from lecturers and advisers to presidents and provosts, are dealing with main sectorwide challenges. Monetary help directors, as an example, are nonetheless grappling with the botched rollout of the brand new Free Software for Federal Pupil Assist. Prime school leaders, in the meantime, are coping with enrollment challenges and scholar protests.
Under, we’re rounding up a number of the prime greater schooling conferences in 2025 aiming to assist school professionals navigate these challenges. They embody occasions catering to school presidents, monetary help professionals, tutorial advisers, governing board members, basis leaders and college attorneys.
Prime greater schooling conferences in 2025
CIC Presidents Institute
Jan. 4-7
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Nation Resort & Spa
The Council of Unbiased Faculties’ annual convention brings collectively lots of of faculty leaders at non-public nonprofit establishments. The occasion will deal with the methods school presidents can lead their establishments by means of monetary, political and social upheaval.
AAC&U Annual Assembly
Jan. 22-24
Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C.
The annual convention, held by the American Affiliation of Faculties and Universities, will deal with serving to greater schooling leaders navigate right this moment’s challenges, together with political interference in greater schooling, falling public confidence within the sector and the rising use of synthetic intelligence.
CHEA/CIQG Annual Convention
Jan. 27-30
The Westin Washington, DC Downtown
This 12 months’s theme for the Council for Larger Training Accreditation’s annual convention is “High quality Assurance in an Period of Change: Mirror, Reimagine, Recommit.” The group says the convention will deal with growing new methods to reinforce accreditation.
AGB Basis Management Discussion board
Jan. 29-31
Marriott Marquis Washington DC
The annual discussion board brings collectively lots of of faculty and college basis leaders. This 12 months’s theme focuses on easy methods to help college students’ long-term success and create extra sustainable establishments.
NASFAA Management & Legislative Convention & Expo
Feb. 9-12
Washington, D.C.
The Nationwide Affiliation of Pupil Monetary Assist Directors’ convention goals to supply networking alternatives, skilled growth and trade perception to monetary help staff. The convention can draw key trade figures. In 2024, U.S. Training Secretary Miguel Cardona spoke to attendees concerning the rollout of the brand new Free Software for Federal Pupil Assist type.
ACE Expertise
Feb. 12-13
John F. Kennedy Middle for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
The American Council on Training’s assembly goals to offer greater schooling leaders with networking alternatives and classes on sector tendencies. The affiliation is holding a number of particular occasions coinciding with the assembly, together with a ladies’s management dinner and a chance for ACE member presidents to talk with policymakers.
SXSW EDU
March 3-6
Austin, Texas
The annual occasion brings collectively policymakers, trade leaders, educators and school directors to debate tendencies in each the upper schooling and Ok-12 sector. Previous audio system have included U.S. Training Secretary Miguel Cardona and media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
NADOHE Annual Convention
March 5-8
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
The theme of the Nationwide Affiliation of Range Officers in Larger Training’s subsequent convention is “Navigating Change: Main by means of Defining Moments.”
UPCEA Annual Convention
March 24-26
Denver
The annual convention held by UPCEA — previously often called the College Skilled and Persevering with Training Affiliation — focuses on on-line and persevering with schooling and can embody keynote shows, panel discussions, interactive workshops and networking alternatives.
ACCRAO Annual Assembly
March 30-April 2
Washington Conference Middle, Seattle
The American Affiliation of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers annual assembly focuses on the “ever-changing panorama of upper schooling.” Previous audio system have included broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien, actor George Takei and former U.S. State Secretary Madeleine Albright.
AGB Nationwide Convention on Trusteeship
April 1-2
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
The Affiliation of Governing Boards of Universities and Faculties’ convention affords alternatives for governing board members to debate new concepts, community and put together to serve of their roles. The keynote speaker can be Sara Goldrick-Rab, writer of “Paying the Worth: Faculty Prices, Monetary Assist, and the Betrayal of the American Dream.”
OLC Innovate
April 1-4
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Conference Middle, Nashville, Tennessee
The On-line Studying Consortium’s annual convention supplies alternatives for greater schooling professionals to share finest practices for on-line and blended studying. The convention will embody summits on synthetic intelligence, traditionally Black faculties and universities, and educational design.
AAC&U Convention on Studying and Pupil Success
April 3-5
San Juan, Puerto Rico
The American Affiliation of Faculties and Universities’ convention, which may even be supplied nearly, will deal with reworking the undergraduate expertise and enhancing scholar studying.
HLC Annual Convention
April 5-8
Chicago
The convention, held by accreditor Larger Studying Fee, will deal with how establishments can “use greater studying to fulfill the wants of their college students and society.” HLC may even host a number of pre-conference workshops, together with one about looking for accreditation.
ASU+GSV Summit
April 6-9
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
The annual ASU+GSV Summit, hosted by Arizona State College and enterprise capital agency GSV Ventures, brings collectively 1000’s of Ok-12, greater schooling and workforce growth leaders to debate tendencies and concepts of their sectors.
AACC Annual Conference
April 12-16
Nashville, Tennessee
The American Affiliation of Neighborhood Faculty’s annual convention options keynote shows and breakout classes to debate a number of the two-year sector’s key tendencies and points.
ACUPA Annual Convention
April 13-15
Miami
The Affiliation of Faculty and College Coverage Directors’ convention features a deal with adapting to modifications within the greater schooling sector.
Graduate Enrollment Administration Summit
April 23-26
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
The annual summit is held by NAGAP, an expert affiliation centered on graduate enrollment administration.
NISOD Worldwide Convention on Instructing and Management Excellence
Might 24-27
Austin, Texas
The Nationwide Institute for Employees and Organizational Improvement’s convention focuses on bringing collectively educators at technical and group faculties to debate educating and studying.
North American Profession Training Conference
Might 27-29
MGM Grand, Las Vegas
The convention brings collectively profession schooling professionals to find out about tendencies of their sector and community. In 2024, former Vice President Mike Pence was a keynote speaker.
NACUA Annual Convention
June 22-25
Seattle Conference Middle
The Nationwide Affiliation of Faculty and College Legal professional’s annual convention focuses on authorized tendencies within the greater schooling sector. Previous years have included pre-conference applications, together with a workshop for attorneys new to the sector and a casual roundtable dialogue for chief authorized officers.
NACAC Convention
Sept. 18-20
Columbus, Ohio
The Nationwide Affiliation for Faculty Admission Counseling’s annual convention brings collectively attendees to share finest practices and analysis about school admission counseling.
NACADA Annual Convention
Oct. 26-29
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
The annual convention held by NACADA: The World Neighborhood for Educational Advising focuses on sharing concepts and finest practices round scholar advising.
Educause Annual Convention
Oct. 27-29
Nashville, Tennessee
Educause’s annual convention is meant for info know-how professionals and know-how suppliers centered on the upper schooling sector.
