National Small College Conference

2026 Schedule

2026 Schedule

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10:00 am
to
5:00 pm

Pre-Conference Admissions Workshop

9:00 am
to
1:00 pm

Registration and Exhibitor Area Open

1:00 pm
to
1:05 pm

Opening and Welcome

1:05 pm
to
1:55 pm

Keynote Speaker - Dr. Gary Daynes

2:00 pm
to
2:55 pm

Speed is Key: Leveraging Agility in Strategy and Execution for Small Colleges in a Competitive Environment - Presidential Presentation

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Scrolling Alone: The Small College Advantage for Combatting Disengagement in the COVID Generation

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Visibility Is Validity: How Building Faculty Media Presence Becomes a Powerful Enrollment Strategy for Small Colleges

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

It’s Not the Plan, It’s the People: The Human Side of Effective Change Leadership

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Calling All Territory Managers!

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Building Financial Fluency for Leaders: How to Use Your CFO as a Strategic Partner

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Ace the Mighty Conquers Knight School - Book Tour & Community Connections

3:00 pm
to
3:55 pm

Designing the Climb: Implementing APEX at Scale

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

The Business of Mission: What Every Higher Ed Leader Needs to Know Now - Presidential Presentation

6:00 pm
to
9:00 pm

Conference Social

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Exhibitor Time

9:00 am
to
9:55 am

The Power of Institutional Authenticity - Presidential Presentation

10:00 am
to
11:00 am

Small Group Discussions

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Admissions & Athletic Recruitment: Working Together More Seamlessly for Better Overall Results

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Building It Ourselves: A Year Inside Shepherd University's DIY Online Transformation

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Don't Lose Them Now: Winning the Deposit to Enroll Transition (Slate)

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

It’s All About Relationships: Admissions and Advancement

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

The Career-First Advantage: Integrating Employer Relations into the Enrollment Lifecycle

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Meeting students where they’re at-how to get in front of students when they’re not coming to campus.

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Great Student Service Starts at Hello: Bridging Enrollment and Operations for Transfer Success 

11:00 am
to
11:55 am

Building a Strong Enrollment-Financial Aid Partnership

12:00 pm
to
12:55 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm
to
1:55 pm

Leading Through Fire: Strategy, Turnaround, and Transformation in Times of Crisis - Presidential Presentation

2:00 pm
to
3:00 pm

Small Group Discussions

3:00 pm
to
3:30 pm

Refreshment Break and Exhibitor Time

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Exhibitor Presentations

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Maximizing Engagement and Yield with Data-Driven Personalized Videos - AlliedPixel

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Do human-led phone calls still work in an AI/digital age? - CompleteU

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

From Price Anxiety to Enrollment Confidence: Addressing Students’ Concerns About Financing & Borrowing - Ardeo

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Optimize your Programs, Staffing, & Strategy -- with Focused Data, Aligned Processes, & AI - UQ Solutions

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Building Confidence in Uncertain Times: 7 Things You Can Do Now to Prepare for What’s Ahead - Clark Higher Ed

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

AI Is the Tractor. Data Is the Soil. - MARKETview

3:30 pm
to
4:00 pm

Clearing the Path to Enrollment: Western Technical College's Data-Driven Admissions Strategy-EdSights

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Building Graduate Student Culture Through Collaboration: From APP to CAP

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Stewardship in Practice: A Talent Investment Model for Institutional Stability

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Small Budgets, Big Impact: Marketing Beyond the Constraints

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Limited Resources, Unlimited Potential - Strategic Enrollment Process Planning

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Scaling Academic Offerings Through Strategic Course-Sharing

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

Beyond the Classroom Walls: How TExpL is Expanding Revenue and Reach for Small Colleges

4:00 pm
to
4:55 pm

The Growth of High School Dual-Enrollment Students and How They Should Factor into Your Admissions Strategy

5:00 pm
to
6:00 pm

Wine & Cheese Reception

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Exhibitor Time

9:00 am
to
9:55 am

Leading Through Transformational Change - Presidential Presentation

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Culture Before Strategy: Leading Change and Building Buy-In at Small Colleges

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Rebuilding & Rising: A Public Regional University's 45% Growth in New Student Enrollment in Three Years

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Adapting to New Market Realities: A Small College Turnaround Story

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Strengthening the Intersection Between Strategic Finance and Student Success

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

Connecting the Dots: Cross Campus Collaboration for Student Retention

10:00 am
to
10:55 am

More Than a Degree: Selling the HBCU Experience Through Strategic Branding and Storytelling

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Exhibitor Presentations

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Beyond Early Alerts: Creating Holistic Student Success Systems to Eliminate Success Debt and Transform Retention - Pharos Resources

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Finding and Recruiting Adult Learners: Focus First on Intent - CollegeAPP

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

What 12,000 high school students told us about AI, personalization and the future of small college enrollment - ZeeMee

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Your Counselors Remember Every Student. Does Your Tech? How small colleges can build enrollment systems that make every touchpoint count - Halda

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

So You Think You Know What Gen Z Wants? What 1,000 Prospective Students Taught Us About Building Trust, Affinity, and Enrollment Momentum - VisionPoint Marketing

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Your Next Student Won’t Search for You, But Their AI Will - Carnegie

11:00 am
to
11:30 am

Advancing Enrollment: Leveraging Credit Transparency in Higher Education - DegreeSight

11:30 am
to
12:00 pm

Exhibitor Time

12:00 pm
to
1:00 pm

Prize Drawing/End of Conference Presentation