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.
Exploring New Horizons for Designing Sustained Professional Development for VITAL Faculty
Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This report analyzes the design process that campus teams use to create sustained professional development (SPD) programs such as faculty learning communities for VITAL faculty.…
Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments (FACE) Pilot Study and Field Test Report
John W. Curtis, Emily R. Koren, Adrianna Kezar, KC Culver, Caren Arbeit and Nicole McDermott Tate
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This report describes the two-year pilot study of how best to create a national study of faculty working at non-profit colleges and universities of all…
Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments (FACE) Conceptual Framework Report
KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, Emily R. Koren and John W. Curtis
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
The purpose of the Faculty, Academic Careers and Environments (FACE) project is to understand who faculty are, what their academic careers look like, and how…
Identifying and Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth in Physics Bridge Programs
Geraldine L. Cochran, Stella Nelson, and Sabrina Henige
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
Nudging the culture of STEM graduate programs, so they are more inclusive of students from racially minoritized backgrounds, can help address inequities in access and…
Change Leadership Toolkit 2.0: A Guide for Advancing Systemic Change in Higher Education
Susan Elrod, Adrianna Kezar, Ángel de Jesus González, Elizabeth Holcombe
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This 2024 edition of the Change Leadership Toolkit was informed by a two-year research project funded by the Sloan Foundation working with 12 campuses on…
The Role of Academic Affairs in Supporting VITAL Faculty on Campus
Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
In this brief, we argue that creating avenues to support VITAL faculty is an essential role for leaders within academic affairs, and particularly those in…
Change Leadership Toolkit: College of the Muscogee Nation
Elizabeth Holcombe and Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
College of the Muscogee Nation’s President Monte Randall’s main goal was to clarify the campus mission and embrace the college’s role as a steward of…
Increasing Student Success in STEM: A Guide to Systemic Institutional Change
Adrianna Kezar and Susan Elrod
Pullias Center for Higher Education and AAC&U (2016)
This publication describes the Keck/PKAL (Project Kaleidoscope) Model for Systemic Institutional Change in STEM Education. The model was created in response to the need to…
Change Leadership Toolkit: Forsyth Technical Community College
Elizabeth Holcombe and Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This Case Study describes how Forsyth Tech President Janet Spriggs and her team leveraged the strategic planning process to redesign student advising and support services…
Starting Conversations About Culture in Stem: A Research-Based Guide for Academic Departments
Radomir Ray Mitic, Maire Brandenburg, Tiffany Moore and Kristyn Lue
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
Nudging the culture of STEM graduate programs, so they are more inclusive of students from racially minoritized backgrounds, can help address inequities in access and…
Exploring New Horizons for Designing Sustained Professional Development for VITAL Faculty
Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This report analyzes the design process that campus teams use to create sustained professional development (SPD) programs such as faculty learning communities for VITAL faculty. This report can be useful for educational developers and others who plan sustained professional development…
Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments (FACE) Pilot Study and Field Test Report
John W. Curtis, Emily R. Koren, Adrianna Kezar, KC Culver, Caren Arbeit and Nicole McDermott Tate
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This report describes the two-year pilot study of how best to create a national study of faculty working at non-profit colleges and universities of all types across the country, given the social media and survey research environment of the 2020s.
Faculty, Academic Careers, and Environments (FACE) Conceptual Framework Report
KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, Emily R. Koren and John W. Curtis
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
The purpose of the Faculty, Academic Careers and Environments (FACE) project is to understand who faculty are, what their academic careers look like, and how the environments in which they work shape their ability to thrive as instructors, researchers and…
Identifying and Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth in Physics Bridge Programs
Geraldine L. Cochran, Stella Nelson, and Sabrina Henige
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
Nudging the culture of STEM graduate programs, so they are more inclusive of students from racially minoritized backgrounds, can help address inequities in access and degree completion in the STEM disciplines. This research-based guide is designed to help departments begin…
Change Leadership Toolkit 2.0: A Guide for Advancing Systemic Change in Higher Education
Susan Elrod, Adrianna Kezar, Ángel de Jesus González, Elizabeth Holcombe
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This 2024 edition of the Change Leadership Toolkit was informed by a two-year research project funded by the Sloan Foundation working with 12 campuses on their systemic change projects. New content in the CLT 2.0 includes streamlined planning and implementation…
The Role of Academic Affairs in Supporting VITAL Faculty on Campus
Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
In this brief, we argue that creating avenues to support VITAL faculty is an essential role for leaders within academic affairs, and particularly those in faculty affairs. While we review a host of supports needed, we argue for the importance…
Change Leadership Toolkit: College of the Muscogee Nation
Elizabeth Holcombe and Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
College of the Muscogee Nation’s President Monte Randall’s main goal was to clarify the campus mission and embrace the college’s role as a steward of the Muscogee language and culture while simultaneously embracing more traditional community college goals around student…
Increasing Student Success in STEM: A Guide to Systemic Institutional Change
Adrianna Kezar and Susan Elrod
Pullias Center for Higher Education and AAC&U (2016)
This publication describes the Keck/PKAL (Project Kaleidoscope) Model for Systemic Institutional Change in STEM Education. The model was created in response to the need to improve student learning and success, particularly for students from underrepresented minority (URM) populations. Many change…
Change Leadership Toolkit: Forsyth Technical Community College
Elizabeth Holcombe and Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This Case Study describes how Forsyth Tech President Janet Spriggs and her team leveraged the strategic planning process to redesign student advising and support services at Forsyth Tech through the ‘Student Experience of Onboarding’ Project. Ultimately, overall completion rates improved…
Starting Conversations About Culture in Stem: A Research-Based Guide for Academic Departments
Radomir Ray Mitic, Maire Brandenburg, Tiffany Moore and Kristyn Lue
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
Nudging the culture of STEM graduate programs, so they are more inclusive of students from racially minoritized backgrounds, can help address inequities in access and degree completion in the STEM disciplines. This research-based guide is designed to help departments begin…
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