Higher Education Studies & Leadership Apprenticeships

As part of the HESL program, all students work in a 20-hour/week apprenticeship. These apprenticeships range from research assistant positions within the department to administrative roles in departments throughout the university (with the occasional availability of assistantships at other institutions in the surrounding area). Apprenticeships are meant to provide professional development opportunities in addition to providing funds to cover living costs. Full-time employees at Baylor who are enrolled in HESL will not be assigned an apprenticeship.

Below are some of the areas in which our students have taken on apprenticeships (note: availability of apprenticeships varies from year to year and are subject to change).

• Research Assistant to a HESL faculty member
• Institutional Effectiveness
• Judicial Affairs
• Baylor Graduate School
• Honors Residential College
• Medical Humanities
• Baylor University Libraries
• Title IX
• The Academy for Teaching and Learning
• McLennan Community College
• University of Mary-Hardin Baylor
• Texas State Technical College