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December 2, 2024

Call for Programs Opens

April 18, 2025

Early Bird Registration Closes

June 4, 2025

Regular Registration Closes

2025 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education

In-Person Conferences Student Success Career and Workforce Development Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Division AVP or "Number Two" Faculty Graduate Mid-Level New Professional Senior Level Undergraduate VP for Student Affairs

The NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education is a convergence of three conferences in one registration! The conferences offer outstanding professional development opportunities that will shape your learning experience.

 

 

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Attend the SSHE Conference to Explore Key Areas of Student Success in Higher Education:

 
The SSHE Conference is designed to engage professionals in critical discussions and strategies surrounding Assessment, Planning, and Data Analytics (APDA), Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Student Success (DSBC), and First-generation Student Success (FGSS). Each track will address the unique challenges and opportunities within these fields, equipping attendees with actionable insights to enhance institutional effectiveness, promote equity, and foster student achievement. This is a space for collaboration, innovation, and the exchange of best practices across higher education, focusing on the student experience from a data-informed, equity-centered perspective.

 

Is This the Right Conference for Me to Attend?

Assessment, Planning, and Data Analytics (APDA)Track:

  • You are a higher education professional responsible for institutional planning, assessment, or data analysis.
  • You work in roles related to institutional effectiveness, accreditation, or program evaluation.
  • You want to explore the intersection of data and equity in improving student success and organizational performance.
  • You are looking to enhance your institution’s capacity to measure, understand, and address student needs through analytics and planning.

Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Student Success (DSBC)Track:

  • You are passionate about equity and inclusion in higher education and want to be part of dismantling systemic barriers to student success.
  • You work with underrepresented or marginalized student populations and are seeking strategies to support their success.
  • You are interested in learning how to create institutional change to foster a more inclusive campus environment.
  • You are involved in advocacy, diversity, or student affairs roles and want to develop programs that promote social justice and student equity.

First-generation Student Success (FGSS)Track:

  • You support first-generation students and want to learn best practices for enhancing their academic and personal success.
  • You are involved in student success programming, student affairs, or academic advising and are seeking ways to strengthen your institution’s first-generation initiatives.
  • You are interested in research and data on the experiences of first-generation students and how to improve institutional policies and practices.
  • You want to connect with peers and experts dedicated to advancing first-generation student success across higher education.

Senior Leader Track:

  • You are a President, Dean, Vice President, or Assistant/Associate Vice President in higher education.
  • Your role involves strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and advocating for student success initiatives.
  • You are interested in high-level discussions on policy development, equity, and institutional strategies for supporting student success at all levels.
  • You want to collaborate with other senior leaders to share insights and strengthen institutional support for first-generation and marginalized students.

This conference offers a platform for professionals who are committed to advancing equity, fostering student success, and using data-driven strategies to enhance the higher education experience for all students. Whether your focus is on assessment, dismantling barriers, or first-generation success, you'll find resources, insights, and a community of like-minded professionals at the SSHE Conference.

Assessment, Planning, and Data Analytics (APDA)
  • Understand how data-informed decisions can shape student success outcomes, institutional planning, and resource allocation.

  • Discuss the latest trends in data analytics and how they support student learning, retention, and completion.

  • Learn strategies for building robust assessment frameworks that drive institutional improvement and effectiveness.

  • Consider innovative tools and methodologies for measuring student success and equity outcomes across diverse student populations.

 

Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Student Success (DSBC)
  • Engage in discussions on how to identify and address structural inequities that impact marginalized student populations.

  • Explore asset-based strategies that create inclusive environments for students from historically underrepresented backgrounds.

  • Learn how to develop and implement initiatives that reduce systemic barriers, such as financial hardship, lack of access to resources, and campus climate issues.

  • Analyze case studies that highlight successful efforts to dismantle systemic barriers in higher education.

 

First-generation Student Success (FGSS)
  • Discuss the lived experiences and intersectional identities of first-generation college students and the unique challenges they face.

  • Identify strategies to support first-generation students through culturally responsive programs, services, and skill-building initiatives.

  • Explore approaches for creating an engaged and supportive campus environment that celebrates the first-generation identity.

  • Engage with current research and literature to enhance institutional first-generation initiatives, focusing on data and evaluation to improve student outcomes.

 

Senior Leaders

The Senior Leader Track at SSHE 2025 is designed to provide Presidents, Deans, VPs, and AVPs with a dedicated space to focus on key strategic priorities. Sessions in this track will address topics such as advocacy, resource management, and institutional strategies that align with student success.

Senior leaders will have the opportunity to:

  • Engage with peers through high-level discussions.
  • Participate in targeted sessions to support institutional priorities for first-generation students and equity-focused initiatives.
  • Experience a blend of formal programming and informal networking to facilitate knowledge-sharing and connection-building among leadership.

Senior leaders will enjoy the practical benefits of a private lounge and a dedicated room for breakfast and lunch programming on Sunday, June 30, and Monday, July 01, 2025. These facilities are designed to enhance your comfort and convenience during the event. In addition, an invitation-only evening networking reception will take place on Sunday, June 29, offering a more intimate setting for building connections and discussing key challenges and solutions within higher education leadership.

Registration

Registration as a member is based on individual membership status at the time of the event. If your current membership will expire prior to the event, you will have the option to renew at the time of registration to receive the member rate.

If you are not a current member and are employed by a college or university that is an institutional member, you can join as a professional affiliate member for $80. If your institution is NOT a member, you can join as an associate affiliate member for $250. Both membership types provide access to the individual member rate for the event. Please visit the membership section of the NASPA website to learn more about membership types and benefits. We hope you’ll consider joining today!

If you are experiencing financial hardship, you may qualify for a NASPA Foundation Membership Scholarship or NASPA Foundation Professional Development Access Scholarship, which can be used for this event.

For a comprehensive listing of NASPA registration policies, please visit this page.

The Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education converge three events into one. Please select the conference which is most applicable to you, though you are welcome to attend sessions and presentations across any of the conferences.

 

REGISTRATION FEES

Early Registration
02/03/2025 to 04/18/2025
 Regular Registration
04/19/2025 to 06/04/2025
Late Registration
06/05/2025 to 06/27/2025
NASPA Member
$595 $645 $725
Non Member
$795 $845 $925
One Day Registration Rate
$263 $288 $325
NASPA Student Member
$245 $295 $375

 

HALF-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Early Registration
02/03/2025 to 04/18/2025
  Regular Registration
04/19/2025 to 06/04/2025
Late Registration
06/05/2025 to 06/27/2025
NASPA Member 
 $75  $95  $145
Non Member
 $175  $195  $245

FULL-DAY PRE-CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Early Registration
02/03/2025 to 04/18/2025

 Regular Registration
04/19/2025 to 06/04/2025

Late Registration
06/05/2025 to 06/27/2025

NASPA Member 

 $125

 $145

 $195

Non Member

 $225

 $245

 $295

Registration Policies & Global Health, Safety, and Responsibility

Registration Policies

Refunds will be given for cancellations less a $50.00 processing fee. Cancellation/refund deadline less a $50.00 administrative fee is Friday, April 25, 2025. In addition, a processing fee of $50.00 per registration will be charged for credit cards declined. Please allow 30 business days for processing. To inquire about the status of a refund after 10 business days, please send an email to [email protected].

Substitutions are allowed by individuals within the same institution/company. Substitutions should have the same member classification so that the payment is an even exchange transfer of payment. Additional charges may apply if the membership status is not the same. Please email your request for the substitute attendee to [email protected].

Please note, individual NASPA memberships are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Additional registration questions? Please contact the NASPA office at 202-265-7500 or via e-mail to [email protected]. For a comprehensive listing of NASPA registration policies, please visit this page.

Justification for Attendance

Looking for make the case to use your professional development funding toward attending the NASPA Conferences on Student Success? 

The justification letter templates below will provide you with a starting point to outline the benefits of attending NASPA Conferences on Student Success, including the benefits for you, your colleagues, students and campus. We are confident this will help you get one step closer to joining us in Boston. 

Not sure if you are a member? email [email protected] to find out. 

Schedule

The schedule has been designed to provide participants with interactive and engaging learning expierences. These will include: programming, opportunities for deeper discussion, and networking. As details are finalized, this schedule will be updated. Registration to one conference grants access to content over all three conferences. Please note: the schedule is subject to change based on presenter availability. 

 

  

2025 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education Schedule At a Glance

All times are in Mountain Time and are subject to change

Thursday
June 26
Friday
June 27
Saturday
June 28
Sunday
June 29
Monday
June 30
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Registration and Help Desk

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration and Help Desk

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Full Day Pre-conference Workshops

7:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Registration and Help Desk

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Half-day Pre-conference Workshops

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Kickoff/Lunch On Your Own

1:00 PM - 1:40 PM

First-Time Attendees & Open Time

2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Concurrent Sessions 1

3:10 PM - 4:26 PM

Concurrent Sessions 2 (Extended Learning/ General Sessions)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Opening Keynote

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Opening Reception/ Exhibit Hall

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Senior Leader Reception

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration & Help Desk Open

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Conference Exhibit Hours

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast with Sponsors

8:15 AM - 9:05 AM

APDA Track Keynote

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM

Concurrent Session 3

9:35 AM - 10:25 AM

DSBC Track Keynote

9:40 AM - 10:30 AM

Concurrent Sessions 4 (Learning Lab Sessions)

10:50 AM - 11:40 AM

Concurrent Sessions 5

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

FGSS Track Keynote

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Conference Break (Lunch On Your Own)

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM

Concurrent Sessions 6

2:40 PM - 3:30 PM

Concurrent Sessions 7

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Coffee with Exhibitors

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions 8

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Dinner On Your Own

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Networking Receptions/ Meetings

7:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Registration & Help Desk Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM

Concurrent Sessions 9

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

Concurrent Sessions 10 (Learning Lab)

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

Concurrent Sessions 11

11:40 AM - 1:10 PM

Closing Featured Speaker (Presidents’ Panel)

Call for Programs & Reviewers

The call for Programs and Reviewers for the 2025 Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education launches Monday, December 2, 2024.

We welcome you to submit a program for the Conference on Student Success in Higher Education and join us in June to optimize your own programs and services in the company of the largest student success event in the field.

The conference planning committees encourage program proposals regarding proven practices with content that will engage participants in fruitful discussions and provide meaningful content to bring back to their campuses.

Call for Program

Program Types
  • General Interest (50 minutes): The most common educational opportunity at the virtual conference usually consists of presenting a program, data, research, or theoretical concept, followed by audience questions and a brief discussion.

  • Learning Lab (30 minutes): Designed to give participants actionable ideas and tools to take back to their campus. Presenters will share ideas for 20 minutes and 10 minutes for questions.

  • Scholarly Papers (50 minutes): Provide an opportunity for presenters (usually 1-2 scholarly papers are presented in a panel setting) to briefly share a synopsis and critical findings from scholarly documents during a 50-minute education session. Scholarly papers often focus on the results of quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods studies or report the findings of studies that use historical and philosophical methods.

  • Emerging Research Symposium (50 minutes): Provide an opportunity for presenters to share and discuss work-in-progress research in an informal dialogic setting. Presenters can use this space to gain feedback and insight to expand or receive feedback on their research, regardless of the research project stage. 50-minute sessions will consist of no more than two research projects. Each research project will have 15 minutes to discuss their work with 10 minutes for discussion. Presenters are encouraged to provide resources with a brief research project overview. Powerpoint presentations are not required.

  • Emerging Research Symposium (75 minutes): Provide an opportunity for presenters to share and discuss work-in-progress research in an informal dialogic setting. Presenters can use this space to gain feedback and insight to expand or receive feedback on their research, regardless of the research project stage. 75-minute sessions will consist of no more than three research projects. Each research project will have 15 minutes to discuss their work with 10 minutes for discussion. Presenters are encouraged to provide resources with a brief research project overview. Powerpoint presentations are not required. 

  • Roundtable Discussion (50 minutes): Less formal ways to engage other attendees around a central topic or program area. Roundtable discussion sessions will be held concurrently throughout the event in a specific space. Facilitators usually briefly introduce a topic (5-10 minutes) and then lead a discussion with several prompting questions.

  • Extended Learning (75 minutes): This format provides additional time for audience engagement or discussion. It is also appropriate for panel discussions, skill demonstrations, practice, or multi-institutional case study presentations. There are a limited number of extended general interest session opportunities.

  • Product Educational Session (50 minutes): Third-party organizations and companies have an opportunity to present relevant educational content to conference attendees. Presentations typically include institutional partners sharing educational practices or technology.

  • Pre-conference Workshop (Half-day, 3-hour): Half-day workshops are offered before the beginning of the conference and are designed as highly specialized opportunities to discuss and engage in a specific topic or program. Participants must pre-register for an additional fee.

  • Pre-conference Workshop (Full-day, 6-hour): These are full-day programs held prior to the conference. They are usually coordinated directly with the applicable conference committee or a related NASPA constituent group. Full-day pre-conference workshops require participants to pre-register for an additional fee.

Meetings and Networking Events Space Request: NASPA Constituent Groups, Knowledge Communities, and/or Divisions are welcome to submit a space request for meetings, networking events, or receptions. Please note that space is limited at the conference venue, and not all requests can be guaranteed a meeting space.

CFP Guidelines

Program reviewers rely on a well-written description to enhance their understanding of the presentation's content and goals. The conference planning committees encourage program proposals with proven practices and content that will engage participants in fruitful discussions and provide meaningful content for them to bring back to their campuses.

Successful proposals should include: 

  • A lengthy description of the session content that you will present.

  • Your program must align with the conference themes outlined in 'Conference Themes & Learning Outcomes.' This alignment will guide your presentation and ensure it contributes to the overall conference objectives. Identification of the program format (e.g., lecture, panel, debate), including methods for participant involvement (e.g., discussion, effective practice sharing, case study analysis).

  • Discussions of replicability: to what extent can the information presented in this program be replicated at other institutions?

  • Evidence of the conceptual foundation for proposal content, including ways the program content is grounded in research, relevant experience, a cogent model, or appropriate theory.

    • Program proposals should clearly connect to the research, framework, model, or theory discussed in them.

    • References to relevant research, models, or theory must be listed in the "References" section. 

Follow the Program Submission Guidelines for additional tips.

For questions about proposal submission, contact SSHE – [email protected].

Continuing Education

Please note: Detailed information on the potential educational credits for the 2025 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education will be shared in Spring 2025. 

 

The total number of hours that will be available for this conference will depend upon the eligibility of individual sessions as well as the overall conference schedule. In the past, continuing education credits have been available during every breakout session block for the entirety of the conference. The full schedule and continuing education qualifications will be available in Spring 2025. For more information about each continuing education credit and offerings, please read through the descriptions below. Credit may be requested by completing the appropriate paperwork for the type of continuing education needed (NBCC). Forms will be made available only on-site.

 

If you have questions about Continuing Education, please contact NASPA Staff at [email protected]

 

Venue

All conference activities will take place at the Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, Colorado.

 

Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center 

Address: 650 15th St, Denver, CO 80202

Phone: (303) 436-1234

 

 

 

Housing Pirates

Beware of housing pirates! Every year, NASPA receives reports of emails being sent to participants, exhibitors, and NASPA members offering lower hotel rates. The Hyatt Regency is the conference venue for the NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education, and attendees should only communicate with the hotel they have secured a reservation through.

Reserve Your Room

SSHE Additional Information

Parking

The Hyatt Regency at Denver Convention Center offers both valet and self-parking at the hotel. Overnight valet costs $64 and overnight self-parking costs $54.

For mor information visit the hotel's website here

Weather

The average temperatures in Denver, CO are between 55 degrees F and 85 degrees F in June. As the conference gets closer, please visit the Weather Channel for more information.

Please note, the hotel and meeting area temperatures vary. Laywering with a sweater or jacket is recommended.

Travel

The nearest airport to Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center is Broomfield (BJC) Airport which is 13.7 miles away. Other nearby airports include Denver (DEN) (18.6 miles), Colorado Springs (COS) (67.6 miles), Eagle (EGE) (102.7 miles) and Aspen (ASE) (106.8 miles).

The hotel has acccessible transportation availible with advance notice. 

Sponsorship

The 2025 NASPA Conference on Student Success in Higher Education is your opportunity to take a cross-functional approach to student success when it has never been more important.

The application for 2025 is now live! Click here to explore exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, and click the button below to submit your application.

Questions? Connect with Fred Comparato, Senior Director of Corporate Development, at 614-204-5994 or [email protected] with any inquiries regarding exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities.

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