Call for Proposals
The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Professional Development Conference
“A Community of Partners in Education”
September 11 – 13, 2013
Washington, DC
The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC) requests session proposals for its 2013 ACCSC Professional Development Conference.
About the ACCSC Professional Development Conference
On September 11 – 13, 2012, ACCSC will host the7th annual Professional Development Conference at National Harbor in our nation’s capital. In recognition of the conference theme,A Community of Partners in Education, all conference educational sessions will focus on an aspect of partnerships within higher education. The conference schedule will include 12 concurrent educational sessions, each 75 minutes in length.
Click here to view the 2012 Professional Development Conference official program.
About ACCSC
ACCSC is a private, non-profit, independent accrediting agency dedicated to ensuring a quality education for more than 250,000 students who annually pursue career education at approximately 800 ACCSC accredited institutions. ACCSC’s mission is to serve as a reliable authority on educational quality and to promote enhanced opportunities for students by establishing, sustaining, and enforcing valid standards and practices which contribute to the development of a highly trained and competitive workforce through quality career oriented education.
ACCSC is recognized by the United States Department of Education as a reliable authority for the accreditation of private, postsecondary, non-degree-granting institutions and degree-granting institutions in the United States, including those granting associate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees, that are predominantly organized to educate students for occupational, trade and technical careers, and including institutions that offer programs via distance education.
Conference Target Audience
ACCSC is expecting approximately 250representativesfrom themembership and higher education community to attend the conference. ACCSC will attempt to offer educational tracks to appeal to the following audiences:
- ACCSC Accredited School Directors: Presidents, CEOs, etc.
- ACCSC Accredited School Administrators: Directors of Education, Corporate Compliance Directors, etc.
- Leaders in Higher Education Policy
Session Proposal Guidelines
- All sessions should focus on an aspect of partnerships within higher education as it relates to the conference audience and career education.
- Sessions must be educational in nature. Sessions that promote a company, service, or product will not be considered.
- All sessions will be 75 minutes in length.
- All session proposals are due to ACCSC by Friday, April 12.
“A Community of Partners in Education”
September11 – 13, 2013
Washington, DC
Please send all proposals by Friday, April 12, 2013
to Michelle Ragnetti, Conference and Events Coordinator, at
Session Application (Word Fill-In)
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Session Description: Please provide a complete description of the proposed session including the goals and content of the presentation. All proposals must explain how the session will relate to the Conference Theme,“A Community of Partners in Education.”Session Descriptions will be published online and in conference programs.
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