Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership
Program Coordinator: Matthew Birnbaum, Ph.D.
Location: McKee 418
Telephone: 970.351.2861
Email: HESAL@unco.edu
Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/leadership-policy-development-higher-education-p12-education/higher-education-student-affairs-leadership/
Faculty: Matthew Birnbaum, Ph.D.; Tamara Yakaboski, Ph.D.
UNC’s Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership (HESAL) program offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). Our curriculum focuses on developing core competencies necessary for professional advancement in higher education and student affairs, including student support services, academic careers, and policy work. Students have opportunities to work directly with award-winning, research faculty who all have higher education or student affairs administrative backgrounds. The HESAL faculty are dedicated to offering a program that values a practitioner-scholar model, mentoring and advising, and coursework that reflect theory, research, and practice. The HESAL program maintains a commitment to equity and social justice through the inclusion of multiple perspectives and pedagogies.