“Transformative Spanish Language Programs: Preparing the Workforce for Tomorrow”
CFP(call for proposals)
TRANSFORMATIVE SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS:
PREPARING THE WORKFORCE FOR TOMORROW
Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, and the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española are pleased to announce plans for their second annual panel at the 108th AATSP conference in Orlando, Florida (July 8-11, 2026) to highlight innovative higher education (2-year and 4-year colleges/universities) programs in the U.S. that have managed to bolster their class enrollment and better prepare students for employment after graduation. Special consideration will be given to Spanish language programs that are responding to the national enrollment cliff, declining language program enrollments, academic program ROI (“return on investment”), and other regional and national trends.
Proposals should include the following:
- Panelist’s full name, title, institutional affiliation, e-mail, and professional bio of no more than 150 words.
- Abstract of talk not to exceed 150 words.
Send as a link (no attachments) to a shared (e.g., GoogleDrive, OneDrive, etc) MS Word document by October 1, 2025 to Mark P. Del Mastro at delmastromp@cofc.edu and Nuria Morgado at nuria.morgado@csi.cuny.edu. Please ensure there are no access restrictions (persons or time-limits) on the shared document.
Panelists of selected proposals must commit to presenting in person at the 108th AATSP annual conference in Orlando, FL at the end of June/early July 2026 (exact dates forthcoming). Each panelist will speak for 5-6 minutes followed by an open discussion with the audience and other panelists. Presentations are brief to encourage ample conversation/engagement.
Longer versions of the final presentations will be published in an online Transformative Spanish Language Programs “manual” that will be updated yearly and made available exclusively to both Sigma Delta Pi and ANLE members.
Please direct all questions to Mark P. Del Mastro at delmastromp@cofc.edu.