HESA Mission

THREE PILLARS OF GOOD WORK (Gardner, 2002)
1. Mission - states goals and values of the field.
2. Models - utilizes a variety of sources and role models to construct work and processes of doing work.
3. Mirror - employs field and self-assessments to ascertain progress and performance regularly.

HESA and the Three Pillars of Good Work
Pillar #1 - Mission
The Higher Education Students Association (HESA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an academic, professional, and social organization established to: 1) facilitate the academic progress of students enrolled in the University of Illinois Higher Education Program, 2) act as a forum for the discussion of issues, current events, and research related to Higher Education, 3) promote the professional development of its students, and 4) provide a focal point for social gatherings and events.

HESA and the Three Pillars of Good Work
Pillar #2 - Models
Models provided and promoted by HESA include:

• Faculty-student mentoring
• Student-student mentoring
• Research and collaborative opportunities
• Program, department and college leadership student-committee representation
• Intra, inter and external networking of the program, the college, the campus and the state

HESA and the Three Pillars of Good Work
Pillar #3 - Mirror

• Consult students, faculty, and staff to assess progress, highlight successes, and determine unmet needs and deficiencies
• Ensure that structure of the HESA represents and emphasizes the most important and prevailing issues in the field

References
Gardner, H. (2002). Tests of good work. Executive Excellence, 19(2), 12.