Welcome to Higher Education & Student Affairs
Thank you for your interest in higher education and student affairs at The University of Iowa. Our program has been in existence for nearly 50 years and we boast over 1,100 alumni at institutions around the world. Read about our outstanding alumni in the Fall 2012 edition of the AlumNews.
The faculty, students, and staff from Higher Education & Student Affairs invite you to pursue an advanced course of graduate study with us here at The University of Iowa. The HESA program:
- Draws upon diverse perspectives from a variety of disciplines and professional fields;
- Analyzes critical issues and policies in the field of higher education;
- Examines the effects of critical issues and policies on students, faculty, administrators, staff, and other participants in the higher education community; and
- Explores the complex, interactive relationships among institutions of higher education, the external environment, and society at large.
The Higher Education & Student Affairs program at The University of Iowa:
- Offers M.A., Ed.S., and Ph.D. degrees;
- Prepares professionals and scholar-practitioners to serve as administrators, faculty, researchers, specialists, and analysts;
- Develops leaders who serve in institutions of higher and postsecondary education and related public and private agencies; and
- Provides opportunities for concentrated study at the doctoral level in:
- Higher Education Administration & Policy;
- Teaching, Learning, and the College Experience; or
- Diversity, Equity & Foundations of Higher Education
- And in at the masters level in:
- Student Affairs;
- Higher Education Policy; or
- Higher Education Administration