SELC 2026

SELC 2026
SELC 25th Anniversary

Leading and Learning Toward a Future for All –
A 25th SELC Anniversary Celebration

MAY 28-30, 2026
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

 

Conference Theme & Tracks

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." – John F. Kennedy

This year's theme, "Leading and Learning Toward a Future for All," features six tracks:

  • Leadership in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
  • Pursuing Equity and Safeguarding Civil Rights
  • Challenges to Higher Education in a Changing World
  • Impacts of Federal Policy Changes on State & Local Governments and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Evidence
  • Governance, Equity, and Human Rights Around the World
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Questions?

For any questions about SELC 2026, please contact us at selc.2026@newark.rutgers.edu.

 

We appreciate our SELC 2026 sponsors!

 

Reception Sponsors

 

JJ
 
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
(CUNY)
T
 
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration
The George Washington University

 

 

 

Co-Host

 

KC
 
King County
Washington
VCU
 
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University

 

 

 

Physical Program Sponsor

 

Evans
 
Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
University of Washington

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