Open to early work
Abstracts and outlines are accepted alongside complete papers, so an idea can be shared long before it is finished.
Annual international conference
Research on teaching, learning and the work of academic leadership shared across every discipline
ICLAHE exists for one reason: to give scholars a serious, welcoming venue for the study of learning and the administration of colleges and universities. Papers are read closely, reviewed without bias and discussed in rooms where the conversation continues after the session ends.
Why this conference exists
A dedicated home for work that other meetings overlook
Most academic gatherings are organised around a single subject area. ICLAHE takes the opposite view. The craft of teaching and the pressures of running an academic unit look remarkably similar whether the classroom teaches marketing, chemistry or nursing. When colleagues from different fields compare notes, the solutions they find tend to travel well.
That is why our sessions mix disciplines on purpose. A department chair can learn from a lecturer in a completely unrelated school, and a researcher can test an early idea in front of an audience that asks fresh questions instead of familiar ones.
Presenters at every stage of their careers are welcome. A project that has just begun, a method that only ran once, or a full study ready for publication all have a place on the programme.
Reviewed with care
Every submission is read without the author being identified, and authors hear back quickly.
Genuinely cross disciplinary
Sessions deliberately place different fields together, which keeps the discussion lively and useful.
Published afterwards
The strongest learning and administration papers are invited into the two journals we support.
Domains of interest
Two broad streams, one shared conversation
Submissions are welcomed in the two areas below. Each stream is broad on purpose, because the value of the conference comes from comparing practice across very different institutions and subjects.
Learning and pedagogy
Work that examines how students actually learn. Studies of classroom practice, laboratory teaching, online delivery, distance study and face to face instruction all fit here, as do more theoretical treatments of teaching and learning.
We look for a general focus rather than a narrow one. A paper on motivating students in group projects will reach more readers than the same study framed only for a single course.
Academic administration
Work that examines how academic units are run. Contributors write about staffing models, budgeting, accreditation, recruitment of faculty, assessment of programmes and people, academic freedom and the daily tensions of leading a department.
Any subject area of administration is in scope, and the most useful papers offer lessons that transfer to institutions beyond the author's own.
The conference is held alongside the Academic Business World International Conference, which welcomes papers across the traditional business disciplines.
How the programme works
From first abstract to published paper
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Step one
Choose your format
Send a full paper, or send an abstract or outline if the work is still taking shape. Abstracts are accepted for presentation even though they are not considered for the journals.
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Step two
Submit online
All material is uploaded through the online submission form in a Microsoft Word document. The full details are set out on the submission guidelines page.
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Step three
Receive a blind review
Readers do not see who wrote the work. Authors are normally told the outcome soon after the review is complete.
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Step four
Present and discuss
Each presenter is given a fixed slot and a room of peers who are there to engage, not to score points.
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Step five
Publish if invited
Selected learning papers and administration papers are put forward to the journals associated with the conference.
Who takes part
Built for people who teach and people who lead
Teaching faculty
Lecturers and professors who want to improve their practice and to see their classroom research treated as scholarship.
Academic leaders
Chairs, deans and programme directors who face operational decisions and want evidence from institutions like their own.
Doctoral researchers
Early career scholars looking for a supportive first audience and honest feedback before a larger submission.
Publishing
Two journals devoted to the same questions
The conference is closely tied to two peer reviewed journals, both indexed by EBSCO and listed in Cabell's directory of publishing opportunities in educational psychology and administration.
Outstanding work presented at the conference is invited into the next available issue, and authors may also submit directly to either journal.
Read about the journalsJournal of Learning in Higher Education
Print ISSN 1936 346X
A platform for learning centred articles drawn from every discipline.
Journal of Academic Administration in Higher Education
Print ISSN 1936 3478
Articles on the administration of academic units in colleges and universities.
Plan your participation
Everything you need in one place
Registration, submissions and travel are handled on dedicated pages so that each step is clear.
Register to attend
See the registration categories and complete the online form.
Prepare a submission
Check deadlines, formatting rules and the review process before you send your work.
Arrange your stay
Read about the conference hotel, rates and how to reach Nashville.