2022 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education

• General Interest (50 minutes): The most common educational opportunity at the virtual conference, usually consists of the presentation of 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, followed by 10 minutes for questions.
• Scholarly Paper (60 minutes): Provide an opportunity for presenters (usually 1-2 scholarly papers are presented in a panel setting) to briefly share a synopsis and key findings from scholarly papers as part of a 60-minute education session. Scholarly papers often focus on results of quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods studies or report the findings of studies that use historical and philosophical methods.
• Poster Session: Designed for sharing research or program evaluation. Participants will visually represent their data and present their content to conference participants.
• 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 provide a brief introduction to a topic (5-10 minutes) and then lead a discussion with several prompting questions. Please note: Roundtables are meant to generate discussion and engagement amongst participants, there will be NO A/V used in any roundtable sessions. This includes no PowerPoint or similar presentations, audio or video clips, etc. No A/V will be provided or permitted for roundtable sessions.
• Extended Learning (75 minutes): Provide additional time for audience engagement or discussion. This format is also appropriate for panel discussions, skill demonstration, and 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 in the sharing of educational practices or technology.
• Pre-conference Workshop (Half-day, 3-hour): Offered before the beginning of the conference, half-day workshops are designed as highly specialized opportunities to discuss and engage in a specific topic or program. Half-day pre-conference workshops will require participants to pre-register for an additional fee.
• Pre-conference Workshop (Full-day, 6-hour): Full-day programs held prior to the conference. These events are usually coordinated directly with the applicable conference committee or a related NASPA constituent group. Full-day pre-conference workshops will 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. 

Program proposals will identify one of the conferences that best matches the content submission. Note: Programs may only submit to one conference. The Conference Advisory Committee will recognize and consider programs that are collaborative and appeal to attendees at more than one conference.

• Assessment, Persistence, and Data Analytics Conference (APDA)
• First-generation Student Success Conference (FGSS)
• Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Student Success Conference (DSBC)

Conference Themes

Program proposals will select one theme from the conference selected that most aligns with the presentation proposal.

• Click here to view APDA learning outcomes and themes.
• Click here to view FGSS learning outcomes and themes.
• Click here to view DSBC learning outcomes and themes

This document is a snapshot of the Call for Programs (CFP) submission form. Use this worksheet to plan your responses to each of the questions in the CFP, then copy and paste your responses into our online submission form (sign-in to NASPA profile required).

Click here to download the worksheet (Word Document; .docx).

Please note, this is NOT how program proposals should be submitted to the conferences. Please do not submit this worksheet.

For questions about proposal submission, including how to use this tool, contact SSHE – [email protected].