Higher Education Administration Student Professional Association

Are you interested in recent higher education job postings? Want to share a new article that might interest other students, professors, or professionals? Be sure to sign up for the HEASPA list-serv and join in on some of the higher ed conversations shared between members!

Follow the directions on the following site to begin receiving emails: List-Serv Registration

This list is available for Master’s & PhD students in the Higher Education Administration program. The goal of the list-serv is to provide a forum for everyone in the Higher Ed. program to ask questions and share information, resources, and announcements with each other. Hopefully, this list-serv will allow us to all be better in touch with one another.

Academic Advisor
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Job Duties:
Assist students with decision-making in choosing majors. Guide students in completion of admission requirements for majors. Assist students with course schedules and selection of courses for each semester. Attend orientation sessions to provide advising and give group presentations. Coordinate with other academic units regarding questions or problems students are experiencing. Assist with recruiting and retention initiatives. Provide data regarding number of students advised and other information as requested. Provide clerical and administrative assistance to office.

For more information on the position and application procedure,
Please email Jobs@Texas State. The position closes 6/15/11.

Program Coordinator
Undergraduate Program Office, McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Posting number 11-06-03-01-8105

Job Duties:
Coordinate special events including: Commencement, Gone to Business, McCombs Honors and Awards Convocation, Explore UT, and others as assigned. Assist with advising Family Weekend and LeaderShape. Manage corporate relationships and stewardship for events; all logistics including purchasing, reservations, OOEFs, publicity, budgets. Provide support for the Leadership Program Graduate Assistants and Program Coordinator including oversight of a cohort, and other duties as listed.

Senior Academic Advisor
Undergraduate Program Office, McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin
Posting number 11-06-05-01-3096

Job duties:
Advise approximately 400 undergraduate students individually and in groups. Facilitate a weekly First-Year Interest Group seminar. Participate in the planning and implementation of summer orientation activities. Assist with advising assessment initiatives including maintaining the McCombs advising syllabus. Compose and coordinate weekly BBA caseload messages. Serve as the primary contact to a McCombs academic department. Serve as a liaison to student activities and leadership development across the University.

For more information on these positions and the application procedure,
check the UT website at www.utexas.edu/jobs

(A belated) Congratulations to our Higher Education Administration Graduates! We wish you all success in your future endeavors, and we hope that you’ll stay connected to HEASPA in the years to come. If you have any graduation pictures that you’d like to share, you can email them to texasheaspa@gmail.com.

Please check back over the summer for updates on the newly updated new student fall orientation, as well as job postings and other higher ed posts.

Have a great summer everyone!