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The Online and Professional Education Association

Serving adult higher education units at the leading universities and colleges across the field.

UPCEA is the online and professional education association.

Our members are continuously reinventing higher education, positively impacting millions of lives. We lead and support them through research, networking, mentorship, conferences, seminars, and advocacy. We also bring together leaders in education, industry, research, and policy to elevate educational access and outcomes.

Learn more about UPCEA's focus areas:

Leadership in Online Learning

Professional & Continuing Education

Credential Innovation

Marketing, Enrollment & Student Success

Research & Consulting

Why Leaders Choose UPCEA

The association serves its members and advances leadership in online and professional continuing education with innovative conferences and specialty seminars, research and benchmarking information, professional networking opportunities and timely publications.

Focus & Expertise: We’re exclusively focused on advancing online and professional continuing education, and our leaders have experience as senior administrators in these areas.

Breadth of Knowledge: We are the only association of current and future leaders in online and professional continuing education, with an extremely diverse member base, giving us unparalleled insights and credibility.

Collaborative Member Community: Our members are highly engaged and actively seek opportunities to collaborate, sharing challenges and solutions with one another via our community platforms, events and facilitated discussions.

Entrepreneurial Environment: We are a hub for program and business model innovation, supporting our members in all phases, from ideation to operational excellence.

Integrated Solutions Marketplace: We engage industry leading solution providers as members, versus treating them simply as exhibitors and sponsors, resulting in a culture of partnership and sharing that benefits everyone involved.

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UPCEA Highlights & Announcements

UPCEA PCO Leader Certificate Program | Starts February 17, 2025 | You're just five short courses away from earning your PCO Leader Certificate.

PCO Leader Certificate — Get started today

Explore leadership within higher education at a new level by focusing on how to responsibly manage people, data, and ideas with UPCEA PCO Leader Certificate. The UPCEA PCO Leader Certificate courses are perfect for current higher ed leaders as well ...
UPlift: UPCEA Mentorship Experience | Interest Form Completion Deadline: January 15, 2025

The 2025 UPlift Mentorship Experience Starts in March

A very important goal for UPCEA is establishing equity in the field of higher education by providing unique member experiences and support to help our members navigate their careers. This six-month program begins in March and runs through August of ...
2024 MEMS | Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Success Conference | December 3-5, 2024 | Philadelphia, PA

2024 MEMS | Marketing. Enrollment Management. Student Success

December 3-5, 2024 | Philadelphia, PA The annual UPCEA MEMS conference is the premier event for leaders and practitioners responsible for online and professional continuing education marketing and enrollment management at colleges and universities around the world. For over 30 ...
CORe - UPCEA's Online Community

CORe – UPCEA’s Member Community

CORe is UPCEA's member community and online networking space where you can ask, answer or search for questions on relevant topics. Get advice, answers and ideas from your colleagues online.

Conferences & Events

Connect with and learn from high-level leaders and colleagues at UPCEA conferences, seminars, webinars and other events.

2024 MEMS | Marketing, Enrollment Management, and Student Success Conference | December 3-5, 2024 | Philadelphia, PA
DECEMBER 3-5, 2024

2024 UPCEA MEMS: Marketing | Enrollment Management | Student Success

Philadelphia, PA

2025 UPCEA Annual Conference | March 24-26, 2025 | Denver, CO | #UPCEA2025
MARCH 24-26, 2025

2025 UPCEA Annual Conference

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MULTIPLE DATES

UPCEA Regional Salons

Virtual 

Free for UPCEA Members

SOLAR 2025: Summit for Online Leadership and Administration | July 22-24, 2025 | Portland, OR
JULY 22-24, 2025

2025 UPCEA SOLAR: Summit for Online Leadership and Administration

2025 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education | Sept 29 - Oct 1, 2025 | Washington, DC #credovation
SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 1, 2025

2025 Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education

Washington, DC

Actionable Research & Benchmarking

Today’s leaders in professional, continuing and online education turn to UPCEA Research and Consulting for their actionable benchmarking and consulting needs. This provides industry-wide research for UPCEA members, and offers contract market research, benchmarking studies, and custom data exploration at member rates far below industry average.

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UPCEA Certificate Programs & Courses

Get the essential skills and knowledge you and your team need from the leading experts in the field. UPCEA's Online Professional Development Certificates and Courses offer high-value and relevant content for practitioners at all levels, as well as engagement with peers from across the field to strengthen your breadth of knowledge and skills.

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