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2026 SOLAR Request for Proposals (RFP)

Open Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 12:00:00 AM
Close Date: Monday, January 26, 2026 9:00:00 AM
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time

Description

Call for Proposals

SOLAR 2026: Summit for Online Leadership & Administration


July 29–31, 2026 • The Westin Boston Seaport District, Boston, MA

SOLAR is purpose-built for senior leaders, strategists, and online enterprise decision makers who carry responsibility for the planning, scalability, sustainability, and growth of online initiatives. At SOLAR, you’ll sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Chief Online Learning Officers, deans and provosts, directors of digital programs, online administrators, and institutional innovators, all those whose focus is to expand access, deepen mission alignment, and unlock new opportunities.


Boston’s Seaport will serve as the backdrop for a bold, forward-looking exchange, where leaders confront not just pedagogical challenges, but the institutional, financial, strategic, and policy-level levers essential to ensuring that online learning thrives as a mission-driven enterprise.


If you have led (or aspire to lead) strategic change, built or scaled new online/diversified online portfolios, developed new financial models for an online enterprise, or successfully broken through institutional barriers, we want your voice at SOLAR 2026!


Timeline

November 18, 2025: Request for Proposals announced
January 23, 2026: Proposals extended due date
Week of February 23, 2026: Selected proposals notified

Questions?
Please contact our team at Jromero@upcea.edu.

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