This brief is centered on Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). A 2025 winner of the Delphi Award, it is a public, regional comprehensive institution located in Southwest Florida, serving approximately 16,000 students across diverse undergraduate and graduate programs. As a…

This brief is centered on Montclair State University. A 2025 winner of the Delphi Award, it has grown into a dynamic public institution offering more than 300 programs across 14 colleges and schools, while maintaining a student-to-faculty ratio of 17:1…

This brief is centered on the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC). A 2025 finalist of the Delphi Award, it is a large, multi-campus institution serving more than 51,000 students across credit-bearing and continuing education (CE) programs each year, positioning…

This brief is centered on the Mid-Atlantic Teaching Faculty Alliance (MATFA). A 2025 finalist of the Delphi Award, and located in the Philadelphia area, it is a decentralized grassroots organization that brings together VITAL faculty from different colleges and universities…

This brief, co-authored by Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver, provides an overview of key insights learned from the Delphi Award winners and finalists about trends in supporting VITAL faculty. The Delphi Award for VITAL Faculty was created to document the successful…

This study addresses research gaps in providing support to adjunct faculty who are teaching in fully online, asynchronous programs. Boise State University's research focuses on an Adjunct Faculty Learning Community, and faculty confidence, community and relationship development. The finding suggest…

The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2024) This guide is designed for use by task forces, committees, or groups who would like to examine non-tenure-track faculty practices and issues at the campus level. Its question sections,…

For at-promise students, rising college costs further escalate the need to complete their degree in a timely manner. Thus, focusing on major and career self-efficacy (MCSE) is one way that higher education institutions can strategically support at-promise students as they…

Over the past decade, postsecondary practitioners and leaders have asserted growing concern over the well-being of their students. Many institutions have launched efforts to foster student well-being, underlining its value to student learning, persistence, and holistic development. Yet rates of…

For the past decade, the USC College Advising Corps has been committed to the same mission: increasing college access for first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students across Southern California. We place near-peer college advisers — recent college graduates — into local…