Past Conferences

The enrollment landscape is daunting. A pandemic, demographic change, challenges to race-aware admissions, and flagging public confidence now overlay an already difficult leadership challenge. Knowledge and action are the keys. What do we know and where do we go from here? Over 120 conference participants attended to examine the most ...

Test-optional is no longer optional. What have we learned from the COVID era and what can longstanding programs teach us? What are the best and most equitable practices in the field? What should your research agenda look like? Should test-optional stay or should it go? Close to 150 conference participants ...

The global pandemic and Black Lives Matter have dramatically exposed inequities in our current systems. What now, then, is the action agenda for equity? Four incisive and interactive sessions addressed the most critical issues of the day in admissions and enrollment management. Close to 130 conference participants took away deeper ...

From Operation Varsity Blues, to opacity in admissions, to claims that higher education is not worth it, we all know things need to change. CERPP Conference 2020 tackled why public trust in admissions and higher education needed to be reclaimed, and proposed many ideas to do so. We had a ...

CERPP Conference 2019: Admissions, Race and Identity took stock of the critical conversations that are taking place on campus and throughout the nation on race and identity. The aims were to raise consciousness on issues of race and identity formation and to explore how this awareness may inform more inclusive ...