As the preeminent career resource for student affairs and higher education professionals. Our vision is to provide an unrivaled service that inspires our profession to transform the way we recruit, hire, retain, and advance the workforce in our field. We aim to drive equitable and inclusive, people-centered, human resource practices that deliver intentional and innovative platforms for connection, learning, and placement that respond to the demands of our field and support the full career life cycle of student affairs practitioners and employers in order to cultivate and sustain a diverse, fulfilled, healthy and vibrant workforce. In short we are here to help people to find their start in student affairs and be able to advance and thrive in the profession.

Founded in 2008, the strength of TPE comes from the combined support and resources of its partner associations and the love and hard work of our volunteers!  While volunteer work is critical to keeping our profession alive, we continue to work to shift the narrative to focus on to people instead of an abstract industry. So, if you have some time outside of caring for yourself and others personally, we are asking you to extend love to fellow and future colleagues of the profession by signing up to be a TPE volunteer. - Nick Bates (2022 TPE Planning Committee Member)