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Graduate Program in Student Affairs in Higher Education

Through a balance of academic and practical experiences, you'll develop the ability to apply theory and skills as an effective practitioner. Whether you are beginning a career in this field or have experience and want to strengthen your credentials for a leadership position, you'll find our program has a great deal to offer.

Student Affairs in Higher Education, MA

Academic Advising Certificate

Virtual Information Session

Thursday, January 25
  • 4:00–5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
  • Status: Space available
  • Location: Online

The Student Affairs in Higher Education Department at IUP is designed to prepare graduate students for employment in higher education in entry-level or mid-management student affairs positions, dependent upon their previous experiences.

SAHE Department Statement on Diversity and Racial Justice

The SAHE Department is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse, inclusive, and socially just learning environment for our students and faculty. As we observe deeply rooted and pervasive acts of white supremacy and systemic racism, particularly anti-Black racism, we affirm that it is our individual and collective responsibility to draw on our life experiences, our interactions with one another, and our education (both inside and outside the classroom) as sources of awareness, knowledge, and skills. We are committed, as individual faculty and students, to continue to expand our own multicultural awareness, knowledge, and skills in this important area and to take meaningful and transformative action toward change.

News

Lowery Presents at ASCA Annual Conference

On Saturday, February 3, 2024, John Wesley Lowery, professor and department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, presented at ASCA conference held at Portland, Oregon.

Lowery Receives NASPA Faculty Service Award

John Wesley Lowery, department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized by the NASPA Faculty Council as the 2024 recipient of the Faculty Service Award.

Benjamin Publishes on Sport Management Learning Community

Mimi Benjamin, Student Affairs in Higher Education professor, co-authored “Why Living in a Sport Management Learning Community Matters,” recently published in the Sports Innovation Journal.

SAHE Alumna Recognized at AFA

Emilie (Campbell) Dye ‘12 received the Shelley Sutherland Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.

Lowery Co-authors Chapter for Book on Academic Advising Administration

John Wesley Lowery, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department, co-authored a chapter on legal and ethical issues in academic advising administration with Susan M. Taffe Reed of Dartmouth.