We know the last couple of years may feel unprecedented, but postsecondary professionals and the students they serve have been experiencing barriers and obstacles since the very beginning of our field. Our professionals were there during the early years of postsecondary education to prepare students for the rigorous arithmetic and Latin admission requirements. Since then postsecondary professionals have assisted current and incoming students as they’ve returned from multiple wars and during the Civil Rights Movement. Support also comes during times of the smaller battles when students are working multiple jobs, taking care of family, or just have been extremely underprepared by their previous institutions. Whether we were called remedial, student support, TRIO, supplemental, or developmental, students have been knocking on our doors for help for generations.
The support that we grant students not only gives them strength, but helps them find the strength within themselves. This year CASP, together with our partners at Houston Community College, wants to celebrate all the relationships, practices, services, research, pedagogy, policies, and holistic approaches that have to foster strength and resiliency with our students over the years—and for many more years to come.
We are now accepting proposals for the 41st annual College Academic Support Programs Conference. All proposals should be planned for a 45 minute virtual session.
Traditionally we accept submissions along the following strands:
Curriculum, technology, and tools;
Student success support
Social justice
Instruction & pedagogy
Research and evaluation
Student engagement
This list is not all inclusive! We are excited to receive any and all proposals relevant to the topic of postsecondary supports or support programs.
If you want to be part of Texas’s discussion about TSI and THECB decisions, please join the CASP Listserv. Our CASP-LISTSERV provides a discussion forum for members and affiliates of TX-NOSS, TxCRLA, the THECB, and anyone interested in developmental education and learning assistance issues impacted by Texas State law. The listserv provides vital information on frequent legislative updates affecting our pedagogy with an opportunity to connect with others in the field.