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 assessmentPhoto of three graduates

• 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