2024 Community Colleges Institute
The conference will be held in the Seattle Convention Center Summit Building (900 Pine Street, Seattle, WA, 98101) and the Hyatt Regency Seattle (808 Howell Street, Seattle, WA, 98101). Sleeping rooms will be available in surrounding hotels within walking distance of the Summit Building and the Hyatt. For more information on the NASPA Annual Conference, housing, and registration, please click here.
NASPA's Community Colleges Institute (CCI) is the only pre-conference experience designed solely by and for our community college members and occurs before the NASPA Annual Conference. The CCI is your exclusive opportunity to engage with colleagues from across the country serving in student affairs or service capacity at community colleges and open-enrollment institutions. This experience will accelerate your professional development and kick-start your conference experience! A compact day and a half of learning offers attendees an enriching opportunity to come together and rethink how they organize programs of study, methods of instruction, and student support services. With the continued focus on student success and completion, community colleges are uniquely positioned to lead the way for student success.
2024 Themes & LEarning Outcomes
Disrupt, Innovate, and Transform: Community Colleges and the Future of Higher Education
Higher education continues to undergo a historical transition resulting from many recent events in the world and our country. These changes impact the structures, traditions, practices, and people within all higher education institutions. Moreover, societal ills that were not always predominant issues confronted by college leaders are now widely recognized as complications to students' retention and overall success. Personal and institutional commitments to address these modern issues require personnel seeking solutions to help students thrive and graduate. To a considerable extent, community colleges have already been responsive to this work. To expand it on a larger scale, however, community colleges must embrace new methodologies, programs, and services. They also have a duty to explore progressive pedagogies, novel approaches to technological use, and collaborative initiatives that enhance accessibility and the student experience.
With these issues in mind, the 2024 CCI will include and invite interactive, thought-provoking sessions that explore how community colleges can prosper amid the ever-changing educational landscape. CCI participants will have opportunities to engage in inclusive dialogue and develop ideas that will ensure that community colleges remain dynamic and effective contributors to higher education's evolution.
Call for Programs
The NASPA Community Colleges Division and 2024 CCI Planning Committee invite you to submit proposals for the 2024 Community College Institute. The Community College Institute allows community college professionals to gather for a deep discussion on issues they can relate to. The 2024 CCI will include and invite interactive, thought-provoking sessions that explore how community colleges can prosper amid the ever-changing educational landscape. CCI participants will have opportunities to engage in inclusive dialogue and develop ideas to ensure community colleges remain dynamic and effective contributors to higher education's evolution.
Program Submission Deadline: October 16, 2023
Notification of Program Submission Status: November 15, 2023
Programs should pertain to one of the below Learning Outcomes:
- Innovative practices/resources that aid digital access, online learning, or other technologically based outcomes
- Disruptive approaches that enhance student equity
- Transformative support services and institutional initiatives designed to improve student retention, completion rates, and/or personal growth and development
Notifications
Presenters with accepted proposals must register for the Community College Institute and pay registration fees. Presenters will be notified of their program status by November 2023.
Call for Reviewers
We are seeking program proposal reviewers for the NASPA 2024 Community Colleges Institute. Reviewer applications are due by October 16, 2023. The program review period will conclude on November 6. Each reviewer will be assigned between 5-10 programs to review. Reviewers will thoroughly read the proposal, offer rankings, and written (anonymous) feedback.
Schedule
Afternoon
- 12:00 am to 12:00 am
Half Day on March 9, 2024
*Tentative
All Day
- 12:00 am to 12:00 am
Full Day on March 10, 2024
*Tentative