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.
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…
Change Leadership Toolkit: University of Georgia Case Study
Elizabeth Holcombe, Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This Case Study describes efforts to change the culture around teaching and learning at the University of Georgia (UGA) through the Engineering Education Transformations Institute…
Developmental Education Reform as a Civil Rights Agenda: Recent History & Future Directions for California
Susan Bickerstaff, Tatiana Melguizo
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
Efforts to strengthen the pipeline to college degree completion have focused on improving college access and providing academic, social, and financial supports to students’ post…
What is the Employee Value Proposition for Contingent/VITAL Faculty?
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, TIAA Institute, 2024
This brief, authored by Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver, considers extending TIAA Institute's Employee Value Proposition (EVP) from professional staff in higher education to contingent…
State of the Faculty
Daniel Scott, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Adrianna Kezar (2019)
Pullias Center for Higher Education
The report explores the issues and trends that have affected faculty in the United States to provide a snapshot from varied sources about the state…
Promoting At-promise College Students Success through Peer Mentoring
Corwin, Z., Kitchen, J., Harvey, J., & Love, H., Culver, K., Rivera, G. (2024)
Peer mentoring is a popular tool utilized by postsecondary institutions to support at-promise students as they navigate the transition to college. Peer mentoring pairs student…
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…
Change Leadership Toolkit: University of Georgia Case Study
Elizabeth Holcombe, Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
This Case Study describes efforts to change the culture around teaching and learning at the University of Georgia (UGA) through the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI). EETI works across the three schools within UGA’s College of Engineering. John Morelock, Associate…
Developmental Education Reform as a Civil Rights Agenda: Recent History & Future Directions for California
Susan Bickerstaff, Tatiana Melguizo
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2024)
Efforts to strengthen the pipeline to college degree completion have focused on improving college access and providing academic, social, and financial supports to students’ post enrollment. In this paper, we explore one facet of postsecondary education that has served as…
What is the Employee Value Proposition for Contingent/VITAL Faculty?
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, TIAA Institute, 2024
This brief, authored by Adrianna Kezar and KC Culver, considers extending TIAA Institute's Employee Value Proposition (EVP) from professional staff in higher education to contingent or non-tenure-track faculty, also called VITAL faculty. Based on qualitative and quantitative research, the EVP…
State of the Faculty
Daniel Scott, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Adrianna Kezar (2019)
Pullias Center for Higher Education
The report explores the issues and trends that have affected faculty in the United States to provide a snapshot from varied sources about the state of the profession. Topics covered include the future job market, faculty accountability policies, shared governance,…
Promoting At-promise College Students Success through Peer Mentoring
Corwin, Z., Kitchen, J., Harvey, J., & Love, H., Culver, K., Rivera, G. (2024)
Peer mentoring is a popular tool utilized by postsecondary institutions to support at-promise students as they navigate the transition to college. Peer mentoring pairs student mentors with similarly aged mentees during their transition to college for the purpose of information…
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