MAGS Annual Meeting 2026
The 82nd MAGS Annual Meeting will be held at the Kansas City Marriott at Country Club Plaza on March 25-27, 2026. The meeting theme is: “Breaking the Standard: Responding to Rhythms of Disruption in Graduate Education.”
Priority Deadline for Abstract Submissions:
October 15, 2025
Call for Abstracts
Abstract Submission Form
For detailed information about the MAGS annual meetings, please see our conference planner’s site at uwlax.edu/mags.
Council of Graduate Schools – Upcoming Meetings
See upcoming meetings of the Council of Graduate Schools at this link.
Past MAGS Meetings
| Year | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Indianapolis | “Restart your Engines to Renew, Refresh, and Reimagine Graduate Education.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2024 | St. Louis | “OverARCHing Issues for Graduate Education in Dynamic Times.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2023 | Chicago | “Great Expectations: Graduate Education in a Changing World.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2022 | Milwaukee | “Student-Centered Graduate Education: Emerging Pathways for Student Success.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2021 | Virtual | “Rising to the Challenge: Strengthening Graduate Education During Uncertain Times.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2020 | Milwaukee | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Milwaukee meeting was rescheduled to 2022, and MAGS 2020 continued as a Fall 2020 Virtual Conference. |
| 2019 | St. Louis | “Changing Times: Challenges and Innovation in Graduate Education.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2018 | Grand Rapids | “Stronger Together: Collaborations across a university community that support and strengthen graduate education.” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2017 | Indianapolis | “The Midwestern Advantage” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2016 | Chicago | “Graduate Education Pathways” Download Meeting Archive |
| 2015 | St. Louis | “Graduate Education for the 21st Century” Download Meeting Archive |