Conference Themes and Locations

1. 1980 – Strengthening Quaker Values in Higher Education (Wilmington College)

2. 1981 – Towards a Concerned Community of Teaching and Learning (Guilford)

3. 1982 – Higher Education Among Friends: Faith into Practice (Earlham)

4. 1983 – Quaker Education as Ministry (Haverford)

5. 1984 – Discovering Fellowship in Friends Education (Friends University)

6. 1985 – Quaker Education as Ministry of Reconciliation and Peacemaking (William Penn)

7. 1986 – Quakers in Higher Education: What is Required of Us? (Malone)

8. 1987 – Quaker Education: From Vision to Practice (Whittier)

9. 1988 – 1st International Congress on Quaker Education (with Friends Council on Education) (Guilford; also Swarthmore: Conference on Quaker Studies on Human Betterment)

10. 1989 – Service and Involvement (Swarthmore)

11. 1990 – “Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one” (George Fox)

12. 1991 – “Consider the Connection of Things” (Wilmington)

13. 1992 – “A better state of things” – Lucretia Mott (Bryn Mawr)

14. 1993 – Renewal in the Spirit, Renewal in Communities of Learning (Earlham)

15. 1994 – Coming Home to the Earth: William Penn and Contemporary Issues (William Penn)

16. 1995 – Education and the Culture of Peace: Teaching, Learning & Decision-Making (Haverford)

17. 1996 – From Visions to Vocations: Quaker Contributions Across the Disciplines (George Fox)

18. 1997 – 2nd International Congress on Quaker Education: Stories of Change in Community (with Friends Council on Education) (Westtown)

19. 1998 – Listening, Learning, Leading: Friends & the Cultivation of Leadership (Friends University)

20. 1999 – Learning to Serve, Serving to Learn: Quaker Education in the Classroom & Beyond (Whittier)

21. 2000 – Spirituality in Action: Quakers in Education in the New Millennium (with Friends Council on Education) (Earlham)

22. 2001 – Living and Learning in Community (Guilford)

23. 2002 – Educating for Peace and Social Justice (Wilmington)

24. 2003 – Seeking a Praxis for Peace: The Sacred and the Secular (Pendle Hill and Swarthmore)

25. 2004 – Act in the Truth (George Fox)

26. 2005 – Centering on the Edge: Intellect, Spirit, Action (Haverford)

27. 2006 – Deepening Our Roots, Spreading Our Branches (with Friends Council on Education) (George School)

28. 2007 – Scholars for Peace, Justice, and Sustainability (Earlham)

29. 2008 – Where Faith Meets Practice (Woodbrooke)

30. 2009 – Education for the Abundant Life (Guilford)

31. 2010 – Teaching and Mentoring as Service (William Penn)

32. 2011 – Living our Heritage: Seeking Equality Through Education (Bryn Mawr)

33. 2012 – Building Sustainable Academic Communities (Wilmington)

34. 2013 – Holistic Higher Education: To What End? (Malone)

35. 2014 – Exploring Right Relationships (with Friends Council on Education) (Haverford)

36. 2015 – Truth and Transformation (George Fox)

37. 2016 – Educating for Action (Woodbrooke)

38. 2017 – Global Education: Global Quakerism (Guilford)

39. 2018 – Keeping Faithful in a Time of Rapid Change (Wilmington)

40. 2019 – Truth and Inspiration (Swarthmore and Pendle Hill)

2020 – (conference postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic)

41. 2021 – Peacemaking and the Liberal Arts (Earlham and ESR, online)

42. 2022 – Quakers and Racial Justice (Earlham and ESR, online)

43. 2023 – Quakers, Colonization, and Decolonization (Haverford, in-person and online)

44. 2024 – Valiant for the Truth (Malone, in-person)

45. 2025 – Science, Sustainability, Stewardship (Guilford, in-person)