About this Event
Welcome to the 50th Annual In-Person AHEA Conference!
Date: March `19-20, 2026
Location: University of South Florida (USF), Education Building, 4110 USF Apple Drive, Tampa, FL 33620
Join us for two and a half days of engaging sessions, networking opportunities, and insightful discussions at the AHEA Conference. We look forward to seeing you there! If you attend the in-person conference, you are automatically registered for the virtual conference on February 24, 2027.
The 51st Annual AHEA conference seeks to explore joy as a radical, transformative, and sustaining force. The conference theme is This year's conference theme is Mentoring for Learning, Leadership, and Change in Adult Higher Education. The theme is based on the 2027 book co-edited by Kathy Peno, PhD, Elaine Silva Mangiante, PhD, and Rita Kenehan, EdD, which will be featured in the AHEA book series.
Mentoring has long played an essential role in adult and higher education. It supports learning, strengthens professional identity, develops leadership capacity, and helps individuals and organizations navigate change. Although mentoring is often associated with formal programs and traditional mentor–protégé relationships, some of the most meaningful developmental experiences also emerge informally through professional relationships, collaborative communities, peer networks, role models, and opportunities to learn across disciplines, generations, and career stages.
We will have presentations that have the potential to invigorate the field and address topics related to adult learners and adult higher education, as well as topics related to the theme.
Cost: USF graduate students and faculty are free; all other graduate students are $165, and all other faculty are $325.00. Remember, when you attend an AHEA conference, you receive a one-year membership to the Alliance. As always, attendees who pay to attend the AHEA in-person conference will receive a copy of the book, and coffee and pastries will be included each morning. Lunch is included at noon on Thursday and Friday
Connect with education students, faculty, and professionals to exchange ideas on the latest trends and practices. Don't miss this chance to enhance your knowledge and grow your network in a welcoming and vibrant environment. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Education Building, 4110 USF Apple Drive, Tampa, United States
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