Conferences

Atlanta, Georgia, and Online | October 28–30, 2026

The AAC&U Conference on AI and Higher Education convenes campus leaders, faculty, practitioners, and other higher education stakeholders to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping research, teaching, learning, institutional operations, and the future of academic work. Through evidence-informed dialogue and cross-functional collaboration, the conference explores strategies for responsible AI adoption, institutional governance, and effective implementation across higher education. Attendees will examine emerging practices, policy considerations, and integrated approaches that advance coordinated, campus-wide implementation of artificial intelligence. 

Virtual | October 13–14, 2026
Washington, DC | November 12–14, 2026

Each year, the AAC&U Conference on Global Learning delves deep into bold new ideas and transformative innovations that prepare all students to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world. Share with and learn from a strong community with leading visionaries and collaborators who value every voice and perspective. Through an array of in-depth sessions and workshops, AAC&U explores the most relevant topics around global learning, community-based learning, and other high-impact practices in a global context. Participate in a meeting of minds from around the world.

Mohegan Sun Resort (near Mystic, CT), and Online | March 10–12, 2027

The AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success (CLASS) explores strategies for transforming student learning and reimagining the undergraduate experience. Building on the legacies of the Conference on General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment and the Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, CLASS fosters collaboration across disciplines to address the most pressing issues in higher education, including general education reform, equity in student success, and the connections between curricula and career outcomes.

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The AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference advances undergraduate STEM education reform by foregrounding STEM faculty's diverse perspectives, worldviews, voices, and desires—especially those from groups historically marginalized in STEM. This event provides a deeper understanding of classroom, institutional, and national levers of reform. It outlines a national agenda for manipulating those levers to drive discovery, innovation, and social change in STEM higher education.