HigherEdJobs.com Scraper: Extract Higher Education Job Listings

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What Is HigherEdJobs.com?

HigherEdJobs.com is one of the most comprehensive job boards dedicated exclusively to higher education — covering faculty, administrative, executive, and staff positions at colleges and universities worldwide. For recruiters, researchers, and HR professionals tracking academic hiring trends, manually collecting this data is impractical at scale. The HigherEdJobs.com Scraper automates extraction from search result pages, delivering clean, structured records ready for analysis.

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Overview

The HigherEdJobs Search Scraper targets job search result pages and extracts all listed positions into structured datasets. Ideal for:

• Academic recruiters monitoring open roles by keyword, department, or institution type
• HR analysts benchmarking salaries and position types across institutions
• Researchers studying higher education labor market trends globally
• Job aggregators building or enriching academic job boards

The scraper supports bulk URL input, configurable item limits, and fault-tolerant runs via ignore_url_failures.

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Input Format

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/advanced_action.cfm?OnlyTitle=0&Keyword=audit&Page=4"
  ],
  "ignore_url_failures": true,
  "max_items_per_url": 50
}

Field	Type	Description
urls	Array of strings	One or more HigherEdJobs search result page URLs. Supports keyword filters, category filters, and pagination (e.g., &Page=2). Add URLs one by one or use bulk edit.
ignore_url_failures	Boolean	If true, the scraper skips failed URLs and continues the run rather than stopping. Recommended for bulk jobs. Default: true.
max_items_per_url	Integer	Maximum number of job listings to collect per URL. Default: 20. Increase to 50+ for full-page extraction.

Tip: Use HigherEdJobs' advanced search filters (keyword, category, institution type, remote) to build targeted URLs before pasting them into the scraper.

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Output Format

Sample Record

{
  "inst_type": 1,
  "is_aa_email": null,
  "remote_type": 1,
  "is_military_upgrade": false,
  "department": "",
  "priority": false,
  "inst_city": "Colombia",
  "is_pool_position": false,
  "profile_id": null,
  "inst_name": "University of Missouri - St. Louis",
  "salary": "",
  "position_type": 1,
  "job_cat_codes": [
    18
  ],
  "job_code": 179446560,
  "job_cat_desc": "Business and Financial Services",
  "account_id": null,
  "date_posted": "2026-05-18T16:17:10.807Z",
  "inst_country_code": 226,
  "job_title": "Senior Auditor - Internal Audit",
  "inst_state_code": "MO",
  "from_url": "https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/advanced_action.cfm?OnlyTitle=0&Keyword=audit&Page=4"
}

Each job listing returns a record with the following fields:

Job Identification

Field	Meaning
Job Code	Unique internal identifier for the job posting
Profile ID	Employer profile identifier linked to the posting
Account ID	Institution's account identifier on the platform
Job Cat Codes	Category code(s) classifying the role (e.g., faculty, administrative)
Job Cat Desc	Human-readable category description corresponding to Job Cat Codes

Job Details

Field	Meaning
Job Title	Full title of the position as listed
Department	Department or unit within the institution hiring for this role
Position Type	Classification such as full-time, part-time, or contract
Salary	Salary range or compensation info if provided by the employer
Date Posted	Date the listing was published on HigherEdJobs.com
Remote Type	Indicates remote work eligibility (e.g., fully remote, hybrid, on-site)

Institution Details

Field	Meaning
Inst Name	Full name of the hiring institution
Inst Type	Type of institution (e.g., 4-year university, community college, research institute)
Inst City	City where the institution is located
Inst State Code	State or province code (e.g., CA, NY)
Inst Country Code	ISO country code of the institution (supports international listings)

Listing Flags

Field	Meaning
Priority	Whether the listing has paid/priority placement in search results
Is Pool Position	If true, the role is an open applicant pool rather than a single-hire position
Is AA Email	Indicates whether an affirmative action contact email is included
Is Military Upgrade	Flags listings with military/veteran hiring preferences or upgrades

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How to Use

1. Build your search URL — Use HigherEdJobs' Advanced Search with your desired keyword, category, and filters. Copy the results page URL.
2. Handle pagination — For more results, increment &Page=2, &Page=3, etc. and add each as a separate URL entry.
3. Configure input — Paste URLs into the urls array. Set max_items_per_url to match the number of listings per page (typically 25–50).
4. Run the scraper — Start the actor and monitor logs.
5. Export — Download output as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Tips:

• Combine multiple keyword searches (e.g., Keyword=audit, Keyword=finance) across separate URLs in one run.
• Set ignore_url_failures: true for uninterrupted bulk runs.
• Match max_items_per_url to the actual page size to avoid truncation.

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Use Cases & Business Value

• Salary benchmarking: Aggregate salary data across institution types, regions, and departments
• Hiring trend analysis: Track volume and velocity of academic job postings by keyword or category
• Competitive intelligence: Monitor which institutions are actively hiring in specific fields
• Job board enrichment: Pipe structured data into custom academic career platforms

The scraper eliminates manual copy-paste workflows, producing consistent datasets that plug directly into spreadsheets, databases, or BI dashboards.

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Conclusion

The HigherEdJobs.com Scraper gives recruiters, analysts, and researchers reliable, scalable access to higher education job data. With 20+ structured fields per listing and flexible search URL support, it turns HigherEdJobs' extensive catalog into actionable intelligence. Configure your search, run the scraper, and start analyzing in minutes.