Academic Success in Higher Education 2025 (CASHE 2025) is the third edition of a conference promoted and organized by the School of Engineering of the Polytechnic of Porto (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Politécnico do Porto - ISEP) which will take place on the 6th and 7th February 2025. The aim of this event is to bring together teachers, researchers, and students to discuss the academic success of higher education students. This scientific forum aims to disseminate and discuss research findings and academic experiences intended to foster academic success in higher education.

CASHE 2025 uses a double-blind review system, and, for this reason, authors are requested to ensure that the first version of the submitted papers does not reveal names and affiliations. More details here.

We welcome submissionsof papers on a wide range of topics, in the context of their relationship with academic success, including but not limited to:

1. Artificial intelligence and the future of teaching/learning;
2. Students’ integration and adaptation;
3. School dropout;
4. New audiences in higher education;
5. Students’ engagement;
6. Academic success and performance;
7. Learning strategies;
8. Pedagogical practices;
9. Technology in teaching and learning: impacts on students’ success and behavior;
10. Online teaching and academic success;
11. Assessment of academic success;
12. The role of institutions;
13. The role of psychological support networks;
14. Social support;
15. Personal, social and institutional variables.

Submission Guidelines

At least one of the authors must be registered for the conference. The text and audiovisual support for the communication must be written in English. The presentation can be carried out in Portuguese, Spanish or English.

Submission Instructions and Author Guidelines

Submissions should be made through the EasyChair on-line platform. Please access this link to log in, enter as an author, select the CASHE 2025 main track, and submit your paper, proceeding as follows: 

1. Create an EasyChair account, if you do not have one; 
2. Follow the submission link;
3. Log in;
4. Click on New Submission;
5. Fill out the submission form and click on Submit. 

This conference uses double-blind review, meaning that, during the review process, the authors and reviewers identities are hidden from each other. For this reason, authors need to ensure that their first submitted manuscript version does not reveal names and affiliations.

A .docx template for CASHE 2025 can be downloaded here to guide authors in formatting their work. All papers must follow this template.

Papers can be presented in person (oral presentation or poster) or virtually in a synchronous presentation.

Types of Contributions:

• Full Paper and Workshops (6 pages)
• Short Paper, Work in Progress, Poster (4 pages)

Types of Presentations:

• Attending in person:
  • Oral presentation: 
    • Full paper: each presentation is 15 minutes long (it is recommended to use 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for discussion/questions are recommended).
    • Short Paper, Work in Progress: each presentation is 10 minutes long (it is recommended to use 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes for discussion/questions are recommended).
  • Poster presentation: the poster will be exhibited during the conference poster session. Authors should present their work face to face.
• Attending online:
  • Online presentation:
    • Full paper: each presentation is 15 minutes long (it is recommended to use 10 minutes to present and 5 minutes for discussion/questions.
    • Short Paper, Work in Progress: each presentation is 10 minutes long (it is recommended to use 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes for discussion/questions.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:December 1, 2024

Committees

Scientific Committee

• (chair) Gustavo Alves, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Alberto Pinto, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Alexandra Araújo, Universidade Portucalense
• Ana Almeida, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Ana Belen Bernardo Gutierrez, Universidad de Oviedo
• Ana Galvão, Politécnico de Bragança
• Ana Paula Lopes, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade de Administração do Porto, P.Porto
• Claisy Marinho, Universidade de Brasília
• Clara Viegas, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Cristiana Silva, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
• Denise Fleith, Universidade de Brasília
• Diana Aguiar Vieira, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade de Administração do Porto, P.Porto
• Diana Mesquita, Universidade Católica Portuguesa 
• Ema Oliveira, Universidade da Beira Interior
• Farissai Campira, Universidade de Licungo
• Fernando Fontes, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
• Filomena Soares, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade de Administração do Porto, P.Porto
• Gina Lemos, Instituto Politécnico de Setubal
• Graça Seco, Politécnico de Leiria
• Helena Martins, Instituto Politécnico de Setubal
• Isabel Figueiredo, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Joana Casanova, Universidade do Minho
• José Airton, Universidade Estadual do Ceará
• Luís Machado, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
• Mafalda Ferreira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Margarida Pocinho, Universidade da Madeira
• Maria José Ruiz Melero, Universidad de Murcia
• Mariana Gaio Alves, Universidade de Lisboa
• Marina de Sousa, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Mário Cruz, Escola Superior de Educação, P.Porto
• Michael Kleine, Universität Bielefeld
• Pedro Santos, INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa
• Sandra Valadas, Universidade do Algarve
• Sónia Alfonso Gil, Universidade de Vigo
• Teresa Malheiro, Universidade Minho

Honor committee

• António Vega, Vice presidente, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Carlos Vaz de Carvalho, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Leandro da Silva Almeida, Instituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho
• Matthias Ludwig, Goethe University Frankfurt
• Paula Peres, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade de Administração do Porto, P.Porto
• Rui M. Lima, Universidade do Minho

Organizing committee

• (Co-chair) Alexandra Costa, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto 
• (Co-chair) Amélia Caldeira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Alzira Faria, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• José Salgado Rodrigues, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto
• Maria João Raposo, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto 
• Manuel Cruz, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, P.Porto 
• Sofia O. Lopes, Universidade do Minho

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to cashe_ISEP@isep.ipp.pt