NETA’s Next Chapter
 

For more than two decades, the National Economics Teaching Association has brought economics educators together to share ideas, strengthen classroom practice, and celebrate the work of teaching economics. Since 2005, NETA has hosted 21 consecutive annual conferences devoted to helping faculty make economics more engaging, relevant, and effective for students.
 

NETA is now entering a new chapter.
 

Cengage, our long time conference supporter, has informed us that it is shifting its conference strategy toward broader business education programming across multiple disciplines, including economics, accounting, finance, management, marketing, and related fields. We are grateful for the many years of support Cengage provided and for the role that partnership played in helping NETA serve economics educators across the country.

While this change is significant, it is not the end of NETA. It is an opportunity to rethink, renew, and rebuild.
 

The NETA board is currently exploring plans for a virtual economics teaching event in fall 2026, ideally in late October or early November, when our annual conference has traditionally been held. This would allow us to remain connected, continue sharing practical teaching ideas, and maintain momentum while we prepare for a renewed in person conference in 2027.
 

Our goal is to return with a sustainable, focused, and energetic conference model that reflects the realities of economics education today. Faculty are teaching in a rapidly changing environment shaped by artificial intelligence, career readiness, financial literacy, student engagement challenges, OER materials, data interpretation, civic understanding, and the need to connect economics to real world decision making. NETA remains committed to being a place where instructors can learn from one another and strengthen the teaching of economics.
 

We invite past attendees, presenters, partners, and friends of NETA to help us shape what comes next. We welcome your ideas for future conference themes, speakers, workshops, panels, sponsors, and partnerships.
 

NETA has always been a community of teachers helping teachers. That mission continues.

More information about our fall 2026 virtual event and 2027 in person relaunch will be shared as plans develop.

Feel free to call Richard Gosselin at 832-257-2592 or email him at richard.gosselin@hccs.edu