Taking part in professional development events is one of the best ways to build your network with other colleagues in community affairs, as well as your own capacity for success. In addition to leaning in to COACHE’s events and opportunities, there is a wide range of valuable conferences and workshops for those who engage with and support faculty. You’ll often find members of the COACHE team attending or presenting, alongside other respected colleagues in the field.
To help you plan ahead for 2024, below you’ll find a list of opportunities in the learning landscape — along with a direct link to annual meeting or annual conference information where available. Many organizations also hold workshops and seminars throughout the year, so make sure to take a look at the events section of each. (The descriptions of the organizations and events were provided by the organizations’ websites.)
Please let us know if there is an organization or event that should be considered.
Academic Chairpersons Conference
The Academic Chairpersons Conference, to be hosted by IUPUI in 2024, brings together academic chairpersons, administrators and faculty from all areas of higher education to celebrate their successes, share best practices and innovative strategies, and collaborate with a network of campus leaders. The conference will be held in February 2024.
Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
AIR empowers higher education professionals to leverage data, analytics, information, and evidence to make decisions and take actions that benefit students and institutions and improve higher education. The annual conference will take place in May 2024.
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
ASHE is a scholarly society with 2,200 members dedicated to higher education as a field of study. It will hold its next annual conference in November 2023.
Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U)
AAC&U is a global membership organization dedicated to advancing the vitality and democratic purposes of undergraduate liberal education. The AAC&U Annual Meeting for 2024 will be held in January.
American Conference of Academic Deans (ACAD)
ACAD provides academic leaders who share a commitment to student learning and to the ideals of liberal education with networking and professional development opportunities to support them in their work as educational leaders. The ACAD Annual Meeting for 2024 will be held in February.
American Council on Education (ACE)
ACE is a membership organization that mobilizes the higher education community to shape effective public policy and foster innovative, high-quality practice. No ACE annual meeting will be held in 2024. ACE Engage workshops are digital active-learning experiences led by top experts, through which higher education leaders will hone new skills, connect with peers, and plan how to put knowledge into action.
Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU)/ Council on Academic Affairs (CAA)
The Council on Academic Affairs (CAA) is composed of the chief academic officers: provosts or senior vice presidents for academic affairs where they are a campus’s second ranking officer. The CAA provides a forum for discussion of trends in higher education and the public mission; funding patterns and budget strategies; teaching and learning innovations; faculty roles and rewards; academic programs, planning, and advising; research and publication; and service and engagement with other sectors. The CAA meets to conduct business twice each year, at a summer meeting and at APLU’s annual meeting.
The Colleges and Universities Work-Life-Family Association (CUWFA)
The mission of the College and University Work-Life-Family Association is to provide leadership in facilitating the integration of work and study with family/personal life at institutions of higher learning. The 2024 annual conference will be held in April.
Harvard Institutes for Higher Education
The Harvard Institutes for Higher Education (HIHE) offers comprehensive leadership development programs designed for higher education administrators — from directors, department heads, and deans, to vice presidents, provosts, and presidents:
- The Institute for Management and Leadership in Education
- The Institute for Education Management
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Management Development Program
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) is a non-profit consortium of colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non- and for-profit organizations, committed to diversifying the pipeline of faculty, staff, and executives in academia. Offerings include a wide range of webinars.
Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network
The POD Network is North America’s largest educational development community, represented in every US state and more than 30 countries. The 48th Annual POD Network Conference will be held in November 2023.