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.

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Getting In: Increasing Access to College via Mentoring

William G. Tierney, Lisa Garcia (2014)
A report on the challenges and results of a decade of hosting the Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program, which details what is necessary…

Creating a Culture of Innovation: The Challenge in Becoming and Staying a World-Class University

William G. Tierney (2014)
Tierney outlines an organization’s barriers to innovation that retard creativity. Tierney then considers seven topics central for an innovative organization.

The Summer Before: Improving College Writing Before Freshman Year

Stefani Relles, William G. Tierney (2013)
A report on the Pullias Center’s decade of serving college-bound youth through its SummerTIME Writing Program.

The Role of Boards in College Access Programs: Creating and Maintaining Quality

Joint project of the Pullias Center for Higher Education (2006)
This report studies the role of educational executive boards in determining organizational functions and operations. This report will detail how executive boards play a role…

Breaking through the barriers to college: Empowering low-income communities, schools, and families for college opportunity and student financial aid

Mari Luna De La Rosa and William G. Tierney (2006)
This report analyzes the financial aid processes for low-income students and their families; it details six major challenges in the processes and outlines specific strategies…

Getting In: Increasing Access to College via Mentoring

William G. Tierney, Lisa Garcia (2014)
A report on the challenges and results of a decade of hosting the Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program, which details what is necessary to maintain a successful mentoring program and what others can do to enable America’s youth…

Creating a Culture of Innovation: The Challenge in Becoming and Staying a World-Class University

William G. Tierney (2014)
Tierney outlines an organization’s barriers to innovation that retard creativity. Tierney then considers seven topics central for an innovative organization.

The Summer Before: Improving College Writing Before Freshman Year

Stefani Relles, William G. Tierney (2013)
A report on the Pullias Center’s decade of serving college-bound youth through its SummerTIME Writing Program.

The Role of Boards in College Access Programs: Creating and Maintaining Quality

Joint project of the Pullias Center for Higher Education (2006)
This report studies the role of educational executive boards in determining organizational functions and operations. This report will detail how executive boards play a role in creating and maintaining the quality of college access programs.

Breaking through the barriers to college: Empowering low-income communities, schools, and families for college opportunity and student financial aid

Mari Luna De La Rosa and William G. Tierney (2006)
This report analyzes the financial aid processes for low-income students and their families; it details six major challenges in the processes and outlines specific strategies that communities, schools, students, and parents can use to overcome these challenges.

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