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.
Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity
John Hopkins University Press; Illustrated Edition (February 18, 2018)
Many schools and programs in low-income neighborhoods lack access to the technological resources, including equipment and Internet service, that those in middle- and upper-income neighborhoods…
Postsecondary Play: The Role of Games and Social Media in Higher Education
JHUP (May 29, 2014)
The college application process—which entails multiple forms, essays, test scores, and deadlines—can be intimidating. For students without substantial school and family support, the complexity of…
Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach
SUNY Press (November 11, 2004)
The remarkable diversity in college preparation programs raises a compelling question: With a finite amount of time and resources, which activities are most likely to…
Shared Equity Leadership: Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Darsella Vigil, and Jude Paul Mathias Dizon
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
In this publication, the first in the “On Shared Equity Leadership” series, we describe how broadly inclusive and collaborative approaches to leadership are necessary to…
Organizing Shared Equity Leadership: Four Approaches to Structuring the Work
Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Darsella Vigil, Natsumi Ueda
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
In this report, the second in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we highlight four distinct ways to structure Shared Equity Leadership (SEL) that we…
Shared Equity Leadership Toolkit
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Darsella Vigil
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
This toolkit accompanies the report Shared Equity Leadership Making Equity Everybody’s Work, and enables leaders to reflect on their personal journey toward a critical consciousness.…
Shared Responsibility Means Shared Accountability: Rethinking Accountability Within Shared Equity Leadership
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Darsella Vigil
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
In this report, the third in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we describe the ways that campuses implementing SEL are grappling with accountability in…
Leading for Equity from Where You Are: How Leaders in Different Roles Engage in Shared Equity Leadership
Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar, Jordan Harper, Darsella Vigil, Natsumi Ueda, Jude Paul Matias Dizon
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
In this report, the fourth in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we describe the ways that leaders in different campus roles contribute to shared…
Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership: Approaches and Considerations for the Work
Elizabeth Holcombe, Jordan Harper, Natsumi Ueda, Adrianna Kezar, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Darsella Vigil
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023)
This report, the fifth in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, explores ways to build capacity for the work of shared equity leadership (SEL) in…
Change Leadership Toolkit: CU Boulder Case Study
Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Holcombe, Noah Finkelstein, (University of Colorado Boulder)
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 and adopt a new framework…
Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity
John Hopkins University Press; Illustrated Edition (February 18, 2018)
Many schools and programs in low-income neighborhoods lack access to the technological resources, including equipment and Internet service, that those in middle- and upper-income neighborhoods have at their fingertips. This inequity creates a persistent digital divide—not a simple divide in…
Postsecondary Play: The Role of Games and Social Media in Higher Education
JHUP (May 29, 2014)
The college application process—which entails multiple forms, essays, test scores, and deadlines—can be intimidating. For students without substantial school and family support, the complexity of this process can become a barrier to access. William G. Tierney and his team at…
Preparing for College: Nine Elements of Effective Outreach
SUNY Press (November 11, 2004)
The remarkable diversity in college preparation programs raises a compelling question: With a finite amount of time and resources, which activities are most likely to improve educational achievement for underrepresented youth in the United States? This book defines and analyzes…
Shared Equity Leadership: Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Darsella Vigil, and Jude Paul Mathias Dizon
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
In this publication, the first in the “On Shared Equity Leadership” series, we describe how broadly inclusive and collaborative approaches to leadership are necessary to achieve equitable outcomes. We term this approach shared equity leadership (SEL), in which equity becomes…
Organizing Shared Equity Leadership: Four Approaches to Structuring the Work
Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Darsella Vigil, Natsumi Ueda
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
In this report, the second in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we highlight four distinct ways to structure Shared Equity Leadership (SEL) that we observed from our participating institutions. We lay the groundwork for understanding these structures by first…
Shared Equity Leadership Toolkit
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Darsella Vigil
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
This toolkit accompanies the report Shared Equity Leadership Making Equity Everybody’s Work, and enables leaders to reflect on their personal journey toward a critical consciousness. Through the SEL Toolkit, leaders can identify their own strengths and potential areas for growth…
Shared Responsibility Means Shared Accountability: Rethinking Accountability Within Shared Equity Leadership
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Darsella Vigil
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
In this report, the third in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we describe the ways that campuses implementing SEL are grappling with accountability in environments where responsibility for DEI work is broadly distributed. What does it mean when more…
Leading for Equity from Where You Are: How Leaders in Different Roles Engage in Shared Equity Leadership
Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar, Jordan Harper, Darsella Vigil, Natsumi Ueda, Jude Paul Matias Dizon
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
In this report, the fourth in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, we describe the ways that leaders in different campus roles contribute to shared equity leadership (SEL) efforts. SEL is a leadership approach that scales diversity, equity, and inclusion…
Capacity Building for Shared Equity Leadership: Approaches and Considerations for the Work
Elizabeth Holcombe, Jordan Harper, Natsumi Ueda, Adrianna Kezar, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Darsella Vigil
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023)
This report, the fifth in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, explores ways to build capacity for the work of shared equity leadership (SEL) in higher education. SEL is a leadership approach that scales diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work…
Change Leadership Toolkit: CU Boulder Case Study
Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez, and Elizabeth Holcombe, Noah Finkelstein, (University of Colorado Boulder)
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 and adopt a new framework for supporting and assessing teaching on his campus. Noah is one of the Principal Investigators…
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