Emerging Issues In Federal Higher Education Law
An introductory report for faculty and administrators to raise awareness about issues key to federal higher education law, in light of the Higher Education Act’s impending reauthorization.
Understanding DACA and Higher Education
A brief overview of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the implications for educational organizations and how to respond to the current climate in the U.S.
The University as a Sanctuary
We offer a brief overview of what the traditional understanding of a sanctuary has been and consider the current calls for colleges and universities to become sanctuaries. Possible steps for those working in higher ed are offered.
Launching the Mission Admission Challenge
We share an overview of activities conducted and lessons learned from the first two years of the grant. Our intent is to provide readers with insights into the process of conceptualizing and implementing a large-scale practitioner-oriented research project.
CA Dream Act vs. DACA
Understanding the CA Dream Act and DACA.
Pacific Islanders and College Readiness
Jenna Sablan explores college access for Pacific Islanders, a diverse group often neglected in representation in educational research.
Farm Working Children and Education
Bryan Rodriguez explores one of the most educationally disenfranchised group of students in the nation, farm working students, by examining child labor and educational outcomes among this demographic. Click here to view the infographic.
California’s Early Assessment Program: Improving Latino Students’ College Readiness And Completion, Or Waste Of Time And Money?
Daniel Almeida studies the disparity in enrollment of Latino students and white students in remedial courses and the failure of programs like the Early Assessment Program (EAP) to make an impact in low-income areas.
Improving Access to College Through Games, Technology, and Social Media
The Pullias Center for Higher Education was recently awarded a a $3.2 million dollar grant to expand its online college access game, Mission Admission. The game sets out to provide the increasing rates of underrepresented and low income students enrolling in college with accessible college and financial aid information.
GETTING IN: Increasing Access to College via Mentoring
William Tierney and Lisa Garcia reflect on the past decade of the Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program. They expand on the challenges the program faced and the overarching results of I AM.
Assuming the Trusteeship
Researcher Raquel Rall studied the differences in socialization practices for trustees for her dissertation.
College Readiness in Context: Barriers to Student Success
Researcher Julia Duncheon studies the barriers to success for first-generation, low-income students of color.
Emerging Issues In Federal Higher Education Law
An introductory report for faculty and administrators to raise awareness about issues key to federal higher education law, in light of the Higher Education Act’s impending reauthorization.The University as a Sanctuary
We offer a brief overview of what the traditional understanding of a sanctuary has been and consider the current calls for colleges and universities to become sanctuaries. Possible steps for those working in higher ed are offered.Launching the Mission Admission Challenge
We share an overview of activities conducted and lessons learned from the first two years of the grant. Our intent is to provide readers with insights into the process of conceptualizing and implementing a large-scale practitioner-oriented research project.
New Report from the USC Community College Project
Melguizo and team have issued a new report on their findings from their U.S. Department of Education IES project.
FITW Project Summary
Over four years, the Pullias Center will implement the college application game in schools across California through a Web-based platform. The role-playing game, along with an extensive student-centered social media campaign and support materials for teachers and counselors, offers schools online tools to actively engage students in preparing for college.
Technological Innovations for College Access
Zoe Corwin, Marie Groark, and Keith Frome discuss useful online tools, challenges, and potential ways to use technological innovations to increase college-going and completion rates.
Getting In: Increasing Access to College via Mentoring
After a decade of hosting the Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program, William Tierney and Lisa Garcia write about the challenges and results they faced with the program. They expand on what is necessary to maintain a successful mentoring program and what others can do to enable America’s youth to gain access to college.
Financial Literacy in California: What We Know and Do Not Know
In spring 2014, the College Access Foundation of California and the Pullias Center for Higher Education convened a group of thought leaders in the fields of financial literacy and college access to discuss the current state of financial literacy in California. Through a robust discussion, we identified roadblocks to and potential strategies for improving the financial capability of California’s students. A summary of …
The Summer Before: Improving College Writing Before Freshman Year
Tierney reflects on the Pullias Center’s decade of serving college-bound youth through its SummerTIME Writing Program.
Ready Or Not, Here We Play: The Impact of Collegeology Games on College Readiness, Access and Student Success
The Pullias Center and the Game Innovation Lab team up to write the latest report on Collegeology Games.
Gaming The System: Fostering College Knowledge Through Play
Gaming The System: Fostering College Knowledge Through Play outlines the development of the Collegeology Games project and shares emerging research findings conducted to ascertain the effects of the games on students’ college going efficacy.The College & Financial Aid Guide for: AB540 Undocumented Immigrant Students
THE AB 540 COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORKPara Estudiantes Inmigrantes Indocumentados AB540
Guía de Asistencia Financiera para la Universidad y Colegios Communitarios
College Costs: A California Student Guide to Paying for College
A California Student Guide to Paying for CollegeTransitions to Adulthood for Homeless Adolescents: Education and Public Policy
Education and Public PolicyMentoring Scaffoldings: Do They Promote College Access?
Do They Promote College Access?The Impact of Peers on College Preparation: A Review of the Literature
A Review of the LiteratureGetting There – and Beyond: Building a Culture of College-going in High Schools
Building a Culture of College-going in High SchoolsPutting Money on the Table: Information, Financial Aid and Access to College
Information, Financial Aid and Access to CollegeIt’s About Time: Temporal Dimensions of College Preparation Programs
Temporal Dimensions of College Preparation ProgramsThe Role of Boards in College Access Programs: Creating and Maintaining Quality
Creating and Maintaining QualityDecreasing the Digital Divide: Technology Use for College Preparations Programs
Technology Use for College Preparations Programs
Show Us the Money: Low-Income Students, Families, and Financial Aid
Low-Income Students, Families, and Financial AidDeveloping High-Potential Youth Program: A Return On Investment Study for U.S. Programs
A Return on Investment Study for U.S. ProgramsThe Opportunities and Challenges of Partnering with Schools
Creating Helping Environments for College-Going: The CHEPA CHEC-List for Counselors
Making the Grade in College Prep: A Guide for Improving College Preparation Programs
Cashing In or Cashing Out: Tools for Measuring the Effectiveness and Outcomes of Financial Aid Events
Breaking through the Barriers: Empowering Low-Income Communities, Schools, & Families for College Opportunity & Student Financial Aid
Do Latino Boys See Bright Futures?: Latino/a Students’ Perceptions on College and Financial Aid
General Facts about College Going: A Resource Guide, Presentations at the 2005 AERA Conference, Demography and Democracy in an Age of Accountability, Montreal, Canada
Financial Aid and Access: What Counselors, Students, and Families are Saying About Paying for College
Going to College and How to Pay for It: Perceptions of Low-Income High School Students
Foster Care and Financial Aid
Presentations to the Fall 2004 Tomás Rivera Policy Institute’s Challenges in Improving Latino College Enrollment: Opportunities for Systemic ChangePublic versus Private: Differences in College Access and Financial Aid Resources
A View from the Academic Community
Challenges to College Access and Financial Aid: A Preliminary View of the CHEPA Study High Schools
How to Improve Access to College
A Contract with California’s Youth: A Marshall Plan for Increasing Access to College College
Assessing Public Board Performance
Preparing for College: Building Expectations, Changing Realities
- Financial Aid and Access: Getting the Word Out—Research Findings and Possible Practices by Mari Luna De La Rosa and Paz Oliverez
Understanding DACA and Higher Education
A brief overview of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the implications for educational organizations and how to respond to the current climate in the U.S.
Envisioning the Faculty for the Twenty-First Century
The institution of tenure—once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities—is rapidly eroding. As colleges and universities evolve to meet the changing demands of society, how might their leaders design viable alternative faculty models?
Communities of Transformation and their Work Scaling STEM Reform
Kezar and Gehrke issue their findings from an NSF-funded study examining four STEM communities in order to better understand the roles of these communities in advancing the goals of scaling STEM education reform. View their findings here.
Prospects for Vocational Education in the United States
The 2nd in a series of reports by Lanford, Maruco, and Tierney, investigating other possible obstacles to effective implementation of career-oriented education in the US by looking at the German vocational education system.
From Vocational Education to Linked Learning: The Ongoing Transformation
Michael Lanford and Bill Tierney present a brief history of vocational education in the United States, followed by descriptions of newer initiatives.
Creating the Conditions for Innovation in Schools, Colleges, and Universities
Bill Tierney and Michael Lanford explore the conditions necessary for schools, colleges, and universities to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Survey Findings for Delphi Project Issued
Adrianna Kezar, Dan Maxey, and Elizabeth Holcombe have summarized the results of a national survey of college faculty, outlining the shared vision for the future of the faculty role in their latest report.
Scaling and Sustaining Change and Innovation Publication
Kezar authors Teagle report on key lessons learned from 10 projects involved in Teagle-funded initiative.
The Future of Higher Education in California: Problems and Solutions for Getting In and Getting Through
Authors Bill Tierney and Bryan Rodriguez tackle problems in higher education for California and offer suggestions for major and modest reforms.
Creating a Culture of Innovation: The Challenge in Becoming and Staying a World-class University
William Tierney writes about the challenge in becoming and staying a word-class university.
Making It Happen: Increasing College Access and Participation in California Higher Education
Bill Tierney and Gib Hentschke co-author a report on increasing access to higher education. Funding for this study was provided by the National University System.How Universities Think (In Progress)
Decision Making in Historically Black College and Universities: Defining the Governance Context
Disjointed Governance in the University: The Case of Centers and Institutes
Selection and Appointment of Trustees to Public College and University Boards
Governing in the Sunshine: The Impact of State Open Meetings and Record Laws on Decision Making in Higher Education
Governing or Governance?
Growing Quaintness: Traditional Governance in the markedly New Realm of U.S. Higher Education
University Governance and Academic Freedom
The Status of Non-Tenured Faculty of Color in the Governance Process
Understanding Faculty Senates: Moving from Mystery to Models
The Paradox of Scope: A Challenge to the Governance of Higher Education
The End of Shared Governance: Looking Ahead Or Looking Back
A Matter of Fit: Governing Forprofit Subsidiaries of Nonprofit Universities
Activist Governing Boards: A New Metapolicy for Public Higher Education?
Shared Academic Governance in an Australian Experimental University
Community College Faculty-Administrative Trust in the Governance Process: Decision Making in Critical
Challenges for Governance: A National Report
A View of the Market through Studies of Policy and Governance
Democracy and Capitalism, Academic Style: Governance in Contemporary Higher Education
Academic Vantage Points: Reflections on the University in the 21st Century
The Enterprise University Goes Global: Cross-border Traffic in Higher Education and Some of the Implications for Governance
Governance Toward a Common Good: Has It Happened?
Steering Colleges and Universities Toward Distinctive Missions
Faculty Administrator Relationships: Implications for Redesign of Higher Education Governance Systems
Models of Curriculum Governance: A Research Agenda
Capitalizing on the Curriculum: Challenges for Shared Governance and Administration
Governing Badly: Theory and Practice of Bad Decisionmaking in Higher Education
Shadow Governance Structures: The Promise and Peril of Task Forces During Times of Change
Survey Findings for Delphi Project Issued
Adrianna Kezar, Dan Maxey, and Elizabeth Holcombe have summarized the results of a national survey of college faculty, outlining the shared vision for the future of the faculty role in their latest report.The Road Ahead: Improving Diversity in Graduate Education by the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis
Reframing the Learning Context
Practices for Structural Improvement
Exemplary Practices
Practical Approaches for Academic Success
Principles for Good Practice
Futures in Urban Education
Recently, USC President C.L. Max Nikias sat down with University Professor William G. Tierney to talk about leadership.
A New Game in Town: Competitive Higher Education by Lloyd Armstrong
This paper outlines how the system of higher education faces increased competition from the for-profit sector. This competition foreshadows structural
changes in faculty work and university organization.
Creating the Inclusive Campus: The Essential Role of Faculty Diversity by John Brooks Slaughter
John Slaughter looks at the demographic changes in academe and reminds us of the importance of diversity for preparing students to live in a
democracy.
The Coming Transformation of the American University by Roger Benjamin
In this paper, Roger Benjamin tracks how global changes will impact higher education. Based on these conclusions, he then looks toward redesigned mission statements that focus on K-16 education.
Developing the High Performance Organization: Impediments To Change and Innovation in Colleges and Universities by William G. Tierney
In light of recent and expected changes in higher education, this paper considers how we might create a climate for organizational change and innovation. Tierney suggests that the way to increase organizational effectiveness is through an attention to the structural and cultural processes that circumscribe organizational action.
Higher Education at a Crossroads by Arthur Levine
This paper offers a discussion of distance learning and its implications for higher education.
The University After 9/11 by William G. Tierney
This paper offers a discussion of academic freedom in the post-September 11 era and its implications for higher education
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William G. Tierney and Estela M. Bensimon
Rethinking Education and Poverty (2015)
William G. Tierney (Eds.)
William G. Tierney (Eds.)
Postsecondary Play: The Role of Games and Social Media in Higher Education (2014)
William G. Tierney, Zoe Corwin, Tracy Fullerton, Gisele Ragusa
New Players Different Game: Understanding the Rise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities (2007)
William G. Tierney, Guilbert C. Hentschke
Trust and the Public Good (2006)
William G. Tierney
Governance and the Public Good (Suny Series, Frontiers in Education)
William G. Tierney (Ed.)
Urban High School Students and the Challenge of Access: Many Routes, Difficult Paths
William G. Tierney, Julia E. Colyar (Eds.)
Higher Education for the Public Good: Emerging Voices from a National Movement (2005)
Adrianna Kezar, Anthony Chambers, and John Burkhardt (Eds.)
Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach (2004)
W G. Tierney, Zoë Corwin, Julia Colyar (Eds.)
Restructuring Shared Governance in Higher Education: New Directions for Higher Education (2004)
Vicente Lechuga, William G. Tierney (Eds.)
Competing Conceptions of Academic Governance: Negotiating the Perfect Storm (2004)
William G. Tierney (Ed.)
Taking the Reins: Institutional Transformation in Higher Education (2003)
Peter Eckel, Adrianna Kezar
Increasing Access to College: Extending Possibilities for All Students (Frontiers in Education) (2002)
William G. Tierney and Linda S. Hagedorn
Faculty Work in Schools of Education: Rethinking Roles and Rewards for the Twenty-first Century (2001)
William G. Tierney
Rethinking Promotion and Tenure: Community and Socialization in Academe