Publications
Since 1995, the Pullias Center has engaged in action-oriented projects and research to improve college access and student success, promote equity and diversity, and enhance the performance of postsecondary institutions. The Pullias Center publishes a range of reports, guides, briefs, tool kits and more informed by this higher education research. We have created more than 150 publications and all are free to download here.
For journal articles and book chapters authored by our faculty, please visit their individual pages.
A Model of Consensus Features for New Faculty Roles
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Scott, Hannah Yang (2017)
This infographic shows a model that can guide institutions in guaranteeing that new faculty roles are oriented around the goals of the higher education enterprise…
Amarillo College Case Study
Elizabeth Holcombe, Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez and Russell Lowery-Hart (Amarillo College)
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023)
This Case Study highlights Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics at CU Boulder, and the Leader Moves he made to develop This case study documents the…
Empowering Men of Color in Higher Education: A Focus on Psychological, Social, and Cultural Factors
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Maritza E. Salazar, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
To understand the factors that contribute to men of color graduating from higher education institutions at lower rates than their same-aged peers, we conducted a…
Lessons Learned from Men of Color Programs: A Roadmap to Guide Program Development and Beyond
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
The collegiate experiences of men of color—Black, Latino, multiracial, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander men—are influenced by a wide variety of factors that…
Beyond the Board: Findings from the Field
Zoë B. Corwin, Tattiya Maruco, Neftalie Williams, Robert Reichardt, Maria Romero-Morales, Christine Rocha, and Constanza Astiazaran
The Pullias Center for Higher Education
This report shares findings from the two-year Beyond the Board study.
Gaming The System: Fostering College Knowledge Through Play
Zoë Blumberg Corwin, William G. Tierney, Elizabeth Swensen, Sean Bouchard, Tracy Fullerton, Gisele Ragusa (2012)
A report to outline the development of the Collegeology Games project and share emerging research findings conducted to ascertain the effects of the games on…
Ready Or Not, Here We Play: The Impact of Collegeology Games on College Readiness, Access and Student Success
William G. Tierney, Gisele Ragusa, Zoë Blumberg Corwin, Tracy Fullerton (2013)
The latest report on Collegeology Games.
First in the World: Improving Access to College through Games, Technology, and Social Media
William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin (2015)
A monograph about the Pullias Center’s project to develop and disseminate a college application game in schools across California through a Web-based platform. The project…
Technological Innovations for College Access
Zoë Corwin, Marie Groark, Keith Frome (2015)
A discussion of useful online tools, challenges, and potential ways to use technological innovations to increase college-going and completion rates.
Launching the Mission Admission Challenge
Joint project of the Pullias Center for Higher Education (2016)
An overview of activities conducted and lessons learned from the first two years of a project using online tools to help students prepare for college,…
A Model of Consensus Features for New Faculty Roles
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Scott, Hannah Yang (2017)
This infographic shows a model that can guide institutions in guaranteeing that new faculty roles are oriented around the goals of the higher education enterprise while they flesh out the details of what the new faculty will look like in…
Amarillo College Case Study
Elizabeth Holcombe, Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez and Russell Lowery-Hart (Amarillo College)
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023)
This Case Study highlights Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics at CU Boulder, and the Leader Moves he made to develop This case study documents the transformation of Amarillo College (AC) from an institution with low retention and completion rates to…
Empowering Men of Color in Higher Education: A Focus on Psychological, Social, and Cultural Factors
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Maritza E. Salazar, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
To understand the factors that contribute to men of color graduating from higher education institutions at lower rates than their same-aged peers, we conducted a literature review of 70 articles related to the experiences of men of color in higher…
Lessons Learned from Men of Color Programs: A Roadmap to Guide Program Development and Beyond
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
The collegiate experiences of men of color—Black, Latino, multiracial, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander men—are influenced by a wide variety of factors that determine if and how they persist to reach college graduation. Subtle and overt acts of…
Beyond the Board: Findings from the Field
Zoë B. Corwin, Tattiya Maruco, Neftalie Williams, Robert Reichardt, Maria Romero-Morales, Christine Rocha, and Constanza Astiazaran
The Pullias Center for Higher Education
This report shares findings from the two-year Beyond the Board study.
Gaming The System: Fostering College Knowledge Through Play
Zoë Blumberg Corwin, William G. Tierney, Elizabeth Swensen, Sean Bouchard, Tracy Fullerton, Gisele Ragusa (2012)
A report to outline the development of the Collegeology Games project and share emerging research findings conducted to ascertain the effects of the games on students’ college going efficacy.
Ready Or Not, Here We Play: The Impact of Collegeology Games on College Readiness, Access and Student Success
William G. Tierney, Gisele Ragusa, Zoë Blumberg Corwin, Tracy Fullerton (2013)
The latest report on Collegeology Games.
First in the World: Improving Access to College through Games, Technology, and Social Media
William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin (2015)
A monograph about the Pullias Center’s project to develop and disseminate a college application game in schools across California through a Web-based platform. The project offers schools online tools to actively engage students in preparing for college.
Technological Innovations for College Access
Zoë Corwin, Marie Groark, Keith Frome (2015)
A discussion of useful online tools, challenges, and potential ways to use technological innovations to increase college-going and completion rates.
Launching the Mission Admission Challenge
Joint project of the Pullias Center for Higher Education (2016)
An overview of activities conducted and lessons learned from the first two years of a project using online tools to help students prepare for college, with insights into the process of conceptualizing and implementing a large-scale practitioner-oriented research project.
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