 | ACTER25: CTE Research and Professional Development Conference Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center Nashville, TN, United States, December 8-9, 2025 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acter25 |
| Submission deadline | June 1, 2025 |
The CTE Research and Professional Development Conference is the foremost peer-reviewed conference for CTE researchers and academic professionals. This conference is coordinated by the ACTE CTE Research Section of the New and Related Services Division. Previously, this conference was coordinated by ACTER.
The conference is December 8 – 9, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) CareerTech VISION 2025. The conference theme is: Voices of Innovation: Amplifying Research in CTE.
We invite researchers to submit manuscripts and proposals to be considered for presentation at the conference. Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals for consideration. Presentations are selected via blind review.
The 2025 program will feature five types of sessions:
- Research paper presentations (full paper)
- Research paper presentations (extended abstracts)
- Research posters
- Symposia
- Research roundtable discussions
Conference Co-Chairs:
Dr. Charlene Smith (University of Maryland Eastern Shore)
Dr. Anthony Perry (University of North Dakota)