Higher Education Conferences Happening in Spring 2025
2025 UPCEA Annual Conference
The UPCEA Annual Conference convenes deans and other senior university leaders, key staff and teams responsible for the management, administration, and growth of professional, continuing, and online education programs. Attendees have access to targeted sessions spanning the top areas of practice in the field (aligned with UPCEA’s eight professional networks), led by higher education experts and colleagues.
AACRAO 110th Annual Meeting
The AACRAO Annual Meeting is an opportunity to learn, network and advance higher education. Professionals from a variety of higher education disciplines gather together to engage and discuss the ever-changing landscape of higher ed. Each year higher education professionals face new and unique challenges in their work and AACRAO’s Annual Meeting is the place to find solutions to those challenges.
OLC Innovate 2025
OLC Innovate, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, provides a path for innovators of all experience levels and backgrounds to share best practices, test new ideas and collaborate on driving forward online, digital and blended learning. Themed “The Rhythm of Innovation: Hitting the High Notes in Digital Education,” the conference will reimagine how today’s disruptions shape tomorrow’s classrooms.
Higher Learning 2025
The HLC Annual Conference, now branded Higher Learning, brings the higher ed community together in Chicago to share ideas and insights on the latest in the field. The conference is geared towards administrators in the higher education community, including administrative professionals, faculty members, CEOs, presidents and chancellors. The 2025 conference will explore how colleges and universities use higher education to address evolving student and societal needs, impart workforce skills, fuel innovation and tackle today’s most pressing challenges.
ASU + GSV Summit
Arizona State University and GSV host this annual event focused on transforming society and business around learning and work across the “Pre-K to Gray” (i.e., lifelong learning) global education sectors.
AACC Annual Convention 2025
- Website: https://aaccannual.com/
- When: April 12-16, 2025
- Where: Nashville, TN
- Attendance: In-person
- Cost: Starting at $700
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) hosts one of the most significant professional development experiences for community college leaders and providers engaged with the two-year college sector. This experience includes high-energy keynote presentations and breakout sessions addressing the sector’s most pressing issues and opportunities, technology showcases, peer-to-peer sharing sessions and unparalleled networking opportunities.
NAGAP 2025 Graduate Enrollment Management Summit
NAGAP’s annual summit unites professionals engaged in every aspect of the graduate enrollment lifecycle — from admissions and recruitment to financial aid, academic affairs and beyond. As the only professional organization dedicated exclusively to graduate enrollment management, NAGAP provides a unique platform for addressing the specific concerns and challenges faced by those in this field.
2025 North American Career Education Convention
The North American Career Education Convention is the largest gathering of private career education professionals in North America. This event features well-known keynote speakers, experts leading concurrent sessions and an environment to connect and network with others in the sector.
