AACRAO Conference for Strategic Enrollment Management 2026

The AACRAO Conference on Strategic Enrollment Management is where professionals working in SEM come together each year to connect, learn, and look ahead. Built from decades of member experience and real data, the AACRAO Conference on SEM focuses on the full student journey, who enrolls, how they succeed, and how institutions stay aligned with their mission. It's a space where enrollment leaders, campus partners, and industry experts dig into both the challenges and the opportunities shaping higher education. Themes and topics include practical approaches to ROI, enrollment declines, process bottlenecks, and widening knowledge gaps; what's ahead for the enrollment profession; stronger two-year/four-year pathways and community college-centered solutions; microcredentials, noncredit learning, and upskilling programs; using financial aid strategies to support retention, affordability, and student success; and meeting the needs of adult learners, professional learners, and online learners.