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.
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The New Ecology of Higher Education: The Changing Faculty
Adrianna Kezar (2013)
This occasional paper is one of a series of concept papers commissioned by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities, to inform the…
Mental Models and Implementing New Faculty Roles
Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar (2013)
In this paper, Holcombe and Kezar examine the mental models of various stakeholder groups around implementing new faculty models, based on an analysis of open-ended…
Report on the Project Working Meeting
On May 18, 2012, more than 30 participants convened outside Washington, D.C. to discuss the issues faced by non tenure track faculty and to formulate…
An Examination of the Changing Faculty: Ensuring Institutional Quality and Achieving Desired Student Learning Outcomes
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Maxey, Judith Eaton (2014)
This joint paper by the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty for Student Success and Council for Higher Education Accreditation explores the changing faculty, implications…
The Just-In-Time Professor: A Staff Report Summarizing eForum Responses on the Working Conditions of Contingent Faculty in Higher Education
House Committee on Education, The Workforce Democratic Staff (2014)
This report summarizes the responses from a 2013 survey about the working conditions of contingent faculty and instructors, how those conditions affect their ability to…
Unbundling Versus Designing Faculty Roles
American Council on Education's Presidential Innovation Laboratory (2014)
This paper, which is a part of PIL's Presidential Innovation Paper series, explores current conversations about the changing role of college and university faculty, the so-called…
Changing Faculty Workforce Models
Adrianna Kezar
In this TIAA-CREF Insitute paper, Kezar describes the trends that have led to the dramatic change in faculty workforce models and outlines several new models…
National Trends for Faculty Composition Over Time
This report is a review of changes in the number and proportions of non-tenure-track faculty as a segment of the professoriate over the past 40…
The Changing Faculty and Student Success: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Promising Practices
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2013)
This document represents a sample of reforms and practices implemented at institutions in response to the growing proportion of non-tenure-track faculty on campuses.
2013 Contingent Faculty Working Conditions Survey
This example practice is intended to cultivate and share knowledge about positive practices that have been implemented on real college and university campuses to provide…
The New Ecology of Higher Education: The Changing Faculty
Adrianna Kezar (2013)
This occasional paper is one of a series of concept papers commissioned by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities, to inform the redesign of its accreditation process. Kezar reviews the most significant changes to faculty roles and…
Mental Models and Implementing New Faculty Roles
Elizabeth Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar (2013)
In this paper, Holcombe and Kezar examine the mental models of various stakeholder groups around implementing new faculty models, based on an analysis of open-ended responses in a survey study.
Report on the Project Working Meeting
On May 18, 2012, more than 30 participants convened outside Washington, D.C. to discuss the issues faced by non tenure track faculty and to formulate strategies to respond to these challenges in new ways. The two meta-strategies that emerged from…
An Examination of the Changing Faculty: Ensuring Institutional Quality and Achieving Desired Student Learning Outcomes
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Maxey, Judith Eaton (2014)
This joint paper by the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty for Student Success and Council for Higher Education Accreditation explores the changing faculty, implications for student learning and accreditation, and makes recommendations for how accrediting organizations can help to…
The Just-In-Time Professor: A Staff Report Summarizing eForum Responses on the Working Conditions of Contingent Faculty in Higher Education
House Committee on Education, The Workforce Democratic Staff (2014)
This report summarizes the responses from a 2013 survey about the working conditions of contingent faculty and instructors, how those conditions affect their ability to earn a living and have a successful career, and how those conditions may affect students…
Unbundling Versus Designing Faculty Roles
American Council on Education's Presidential Innovation Laboratory (2014)
This paper, which is a part of PIL's Presidential Innovation Paper series, explores current conversations about the changing role of college and university faculty, the so-called “unbundling” or “disaggregation” of the faculty role. The editor acknowledges and thanks Adrianna Kezar, Sean Gehrke,…
Changing Faculty Workforce Models
Adrianna Kezar
In this TIAA-CREF Insitute paper, Kezar describes the trends that have led to the dramatic change in faculty workforce models and outlines several new models that have emerged.
National Trends for Faculty Composition Over Time
This report is a review of changes in the number and proportions of non-tenure-track faculty as a segment of the professoriate over the past 40 years, including differences by sector and discipline.
The Changing Faculty and Student Success: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Promising Practices
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2013)
This document represents a sample of reforms and practices implemented at institutions in response to the growing proportion of non-tenure-track faculty on campuses.
2013 Contingent Faculty Working Conditions Survey
This example practice is intended to cultivate and share knowledge about positive practices that have been implemented on real college and university campuses to provide information to individuals and groups on other campuses that are beginning to consider changes on…
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