The Texas state chapter of CRLA is accepting proposals for our virtual annual conference, scheduled for October 8-10, 2025. The College Academic Support Programs (CASP) Conference, Texas’s oldest student success conference, is an annual event jointly sponsored by the Texas chapter of the College Reading and Learning Association (TX-CRLA) and the Texas chapter of the National Organization for Student Success (TxNOSS). Although we are a Texas-based organization, we welcome and have hosted presenters from other states and international locations with relevant topics. Please join us in offering professional development that is current, dynamic, and relevant to the ever-changing field of higher education.

This year’s conference theme is Scaffolding and Support for Today’s Learners. The theme centers on the ways in which you build and sustain the structures that help students learn, progress, and persist toward success. Our 44th annual conference will share research and best practices on bridging the gap between students and support resources, along with innovations in institutional culture and systems. Institutions facing implementation challenges are also encouraged to engage attendees in problem-solving consultancies. 

With such varied needs across student populations, educators must be innovative in meeting students where they are through systems of structured support. To be comprehensive, these structures may focus on wraparound supports, classroom pedagogy, and curriculum. Such as:

• Pedagogical structures include class guidelines, instructional design and theory, opportunities for modeling techniques, and creating opportunities for engagement and help-seeking.
• Curricular structures include subject matter content, non-cognitive content (e.g., belonging, identity development, self-awareness and management, responsible decision-making).
• Wraparound supports are support systems provided by institutions and colleges that are outside the classroom but serve to create an inclusive school environment and experience, helping students thrive through various services, including academic, mental health, financial, and career support.

CASP welcomes anyone and everyone who works in developmental education, student support, and student success. We encourage all professionals, from faculty, adjunct, academic advising, supplementary instruction, tutoring, career support, academic coaching, program administrators, librarians, counselors, peer mentors, graduate students, faculty/staff mentors, students in developmental education courses, and others to submit conference proposals to share their current practices, experiences, and/or research. Presenters should plan for a 45-minute virtual session.  

Submit your proposals here: CASP 2025 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

You have until July 14th!

You can learn more about CASP and what we do here: CASP WEBSITE

For questions, please contact c.oelschlegel@txstate.edu or jel111@txstate.edu.