About NSCEC

The National Small College Enrollment Conference (NSCEC) is the only educational and networking event focused on small colleges and universities. It’s the “Must Attend” conference of the summer, offering small college professionals essential education and support found nowhere else.

This conference is perfect for everyone on campus from presidents to enrollment officers to marketers to student success staff. And it’s not just for small colleges—we welcome attendees from schools of all sizes. No matter your expertise, there’s no better professional development opportunity than NSCEC.

Dates and Details

The 2023 conference has passed. 2024 dates will be announced soon! We hope to see you then!

2023 Schedule

• A Closer Look at Retention
• Approaches to Student Success
• Community College Retention
• Executing Integrated Retention Management: Limiting the Attrition Sieve for Enrollment Growth
• Financial Aid for Retention
• Financial Aid Strategies to grow Enrollment and Retention
• How We Won the AASCU Excellence and Innovation Award for Student Success and College Completion During a Pandemic
• Retention: building student success from prospect to graduation
• Rethinking Thinking for the 21st Century University
• Strategies for Improving Graduation Rates
• Strategy in the Midst of Chaos
• A-Z Ideas in Uncertain Times
• Boosting Enrollment: How Small Colleges Can Harness the Power of TikTok
• Community College Enrollment Management
• Data Analysis and Free Statistical Tools for Enrollment
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• EM Strategies For Increasing And Sustaining Enrollment Growth In The Student Journey
• Evaluating Vendor ROI
• Faculty! The "Secret Sauce" to Developing a Successful SEM Plan at Small Colleges
• Nice Story, Now Show Me the Data
• SEM Journey: From Silos to Collaboration to Enrollment Growth
• Transitioning Between Enrollment Management Jobs
• Transitioning Between Enrollment Management Jobs: Lessons Learned
• Build your Fall travel with Voyager and Trips
• Campaigns
• Collecting and taking action on retention data
• Configurable Joins
• Convert your Slate Template Library/Local Queries to Configurable Joins
• Don't Forget Your Phone! Harnessing the power of Dynamic Layouts
• Essentials to planning a campaign launch or refresh
• How to Train Your Staff on Configurable Joins
• Improving University Advising Efforts with Slate for Student Success
• Reporting
• Slate CRM 101
• Slate Portals
• Territory Management
• Automate so you can Relate (using AI)
• Building a Truly Student-First Transfer Pathway for 2025 and Beyond
• Community College Admissions
• Direct Admission Strategies
• Effective Graduate Admissions Strategies
• Engaging New Markets: Powerful Strategies to Reach Today’s Students and Families
• Finding the Silver Bullet to Boost Enrollment: A Case Study
• First-Gen: How to College from Scratch
• Individual Efforts Still Matter: Strategies for Optimal Territory Management
• Leveraging AI
• Open Houses and on-campus events
• The Enrollment Cliff – The A to Z prep list
• Transfer Admissions Strategies
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Carnegie is now the proud owner of NSCEC and is committed to ensuring the conference’s founding mission continues to thrive. Read More about this recent NSCEC news in the press release.