About Us
When TESOL expanded its number of ISs from seven to nine in 1977, HEIS was created. It emerged, along with the elementary and secondary ISs, out of a section formerly called the SIG for US Residents. Since then, HEIS has been a major proponent of TESOL's work to establish professional standards and accreditation for programs in which its members are involved and is now one of twenty-one TESOL Interest Sections.
Mission Statement:
HEIS has specific goals, which may be modified to meet the changing needs of the members. They include, but are not limited by, the following concerns:
Professional concerns:
- to promote recognition of ESL as an established academic discipline
- to promote professional standards and practices among ESL professionals in higher education
- to improve professional standing and employment conditions for ESL professionals in higher education
- to cooperate in appropriate ways with others having similar concerns
Academic concerns:
- to provide a forum for exchange of views and research related to ESL in higher education
- to promote research pertinent to ESL in higher education, including academic purposes and specific purposes, methods and materials, and program administration
- to provide expertise on ESL in higher education to TESOL and its Affiliates, and other interest sections as well as to other associations, institutions and agencies
- to cooperate in developing and implementing guidelines and standards for use in establishing, maintaining and evaluating ESL in higher education
- to survey the membership to determine needs, problems and projects specific to ESL in higher education
Communication:
- to disseminate news, information and research vital to ESL in higher education
- to provide a unified voice for ESL in higher education in acting on professional and other pertinent issues
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