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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.
We are the premier professional learning community in education, and our members are continuously reinventing higher education, positively impacting millions of lives. As a leading higher education association, 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. Our focus on online, professional and continuing education helps advance their goals and foster innovation in the field.
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Why Leaders Choose UPCEA
As a leading professional learning community in education, UPCEA 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. Our role as a national association enhances our ability to support this development of professional education.
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. Our focus on professional development ensures that our members stay at the forefront of industry trends.
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 in online, professional and continuing education. By supporting our members in all phases, from ideation to operational excellence, we enhance their ability to drive forward-thinking solutions within the field.
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. Our approach underscores how higher education associations can drive innovation and value.
UPCEA Highlights & Announcements
Conferences & Events
Connect with and learn from high-level leaders and colleagues at UPCEA conferences, seminars, webinars and other events.
MARCH 24-26, 2025
2025 UPCEA Annual Conference
Denver, CO
JULY 22-24, 2025
2025 UPCEA SOLAR: Summit for Online Leadership and Administration
Portland, OR
MULTIPLE DATES
UPCEA Regional Salons
Virtual
Free for UPCEA Members
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.
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.
News & Blogs
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Contact Us!
To learn more about how UPCEA can help you and your organization navigate the vastly changing landscape of online and professional continuing education please complete this form or email us at [email protected]
Our Partners
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