This joint Pullias Center - AAC&U webinar highlights innovative practices and lessons learned from institutional change initiatives designed to recognize and support of VITAL (visiting, instructor, temporary, adjunct, and lecturer) faculty. 

Campus leaders from Montclair State University and Florida Gulf Coast University—recipients of the 2025 Delphi Award — will discuss the policies, practices, and programs their institutions have implemented to strengthen the recognition, status, and participation of VITAL faculty across campus.

Participants will gain insight into the core principles guiding this work, implementation challenges encountered along the way, and practical lessons that other institutions can apply to better support VITAL faculty as essential educators.

Moderators/Hosts:
Adrianna Kezar, Co-director of the Pullias Center and Director of the Delphi Project
Ashley Finley, Vice President for Research and Senior Advisor to the President, AAC&U
KC Culver, Associate Director of the Delphi Project