Professional Development

UCEA offers an extensive program of conferences and seminars to meet the professional development needs of the continuing higher education profession. These include:

UCEA's Annual Conference, which brings together some 800 continuing higher education professionals for sessions addressing broad topics of interest to the profession as well as special sessions and workshops focused on particular areas of interest, including distance learning, quality assurance, leadership, marketing, programming for older adults, and research, to name just a few.
UCEA's Special Seminars provide an intensive focus on a partucular topic of interest, such as marketing, workforce development, management, and fundraising.The annual Summer Institute provides an overall introduction to the profession with sessions focused on such topics as market research, curriculum design and faculty development, budgeting, and emerging trends in the profession.
UCEA's Executive Development offerings include the fall Executive Assembly for continuing higher education CEOs, the Deans Institute conducted each year prior to the Annual Conference, and the Executive Leadership Academy.
UCEA's Regional Conferences, held each fall by the Association's six Regions, provide opportunities for continuing higher professionals to gather with other colleagues from their geographic area and to discuss topics of importance.
UCEA's Professional Development Modules provide half-day programs with subjects including curriculum design, student services, basic marketing, marketing research, and budgeting.
UCEA's Awards Programs include Association, Marketing & Publication, Community of Practice, and Regional awards. Through these awards, UCEA recognizes its members' outstanding contributions to the Association and the field.
UCEA also lists Other Professional Meetings offered by other associations.

For further details on the Association's conference program, please contact Natalia Kats, Director of Conferences, at 202.659.3130 or nkats@ucea.edu.