M.S.Ed. in Higher Education and Student Affairs

Coursework is designed to enhance your professional development and is completed through four fundamental elements:

  1. basic core
  2. counseling and counselor education
  3. foundations
  4. electives

Most full-time students take two academic years and one summer session to complete the degree requirements. To complete courses in the preferred sequence, students need to begin coursework in the fall semester.

All students are required to hold a graduate assistantship in higher education and student affairs.

Our faculty

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Professor

Research Areas:
Higher Education Institutional Research, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Practices
Email:
vborden@iu.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-0855
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Associate Professor; Interim Co-Director, National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

Research Areas:
College impact: (1) influence of high-impact educational practices on college students' learning and development, (2) minoritized students' collegiate experiences, (3) institutional change toward more inclusive and just campus environments
Email:
cakilgo@iu.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-8391
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Associate Professor; Director, Center for Post Secondary Research

Research Areas:
Academic affairs and student affairs partnerships for more equitable campus environments, diversity and equity initiatives in higher education, and improved student affairs teaching and practice
Email:
llepeau@indiana.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-8392
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Associate Professor

Research Areas:
Faculty, Faculty Development, Medical Education
Email:
mmpalmer@indiana.edu
Phone:
(317) 274-5231
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Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Critical Race Theory, Resilience, Social Identities, Student Success
Email:
opatron@iu.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-8388
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Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
College Student Persistence and Completion, Access and Equity, Underrepresented Student Outcomes
Email:
maushirl@indiana.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-8387
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Executive Associate Dean

Research Areas:
Student Success in Higher Education, Identity Development in College, Community Colleges
Email:
vatorres@iu.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-8022
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Associate Professor

Research Areas:
History of education
Email:
andwalto@indiana.edu
Phone:
(812) 856-8358

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