School of Education

The Indiana University Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) master’s program is designed for students to acquire the knowledge, skills, competencies, and philosophy required for exemplary professional practice in 21^st century postsecondary educational institutions and other settings.

Desired Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the HESA master’s program at IU will demonstrate a capacity for integrative learning and application that makes possible creative solutions to persistent and unanticipated problems that affect student and institutional performance through:

Essential knowledge based on research, theory, and assessment

• student and organizational learning and development
• promising educational, teaching, and leadership practices
• resource management associated with supervision and advising students
• institutional environments and cultures
• conditions on and off the campus that affect how colleges and universities function and shape who students are and influence what they do

Intellectual competencies and practical skills

• critical thinking
• written and oral communication
• ability to work in groups and develop professional relationships
• use of technology in the learning process and daily work life
• planning, budgeting, and decision making
• managing the complexities of working with multiple identities and perspectives of students 
• understand and navigate a variety of institutional missions and educational programs
• using and critiquing research 

An integration of professional and personal philosophies

• informs and guides student affairs practice
• represents active and responsible engagement with diverse communities that promote equitable environments
• ethical practices that are aligned with professional associations in the field