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.
Delphi Example Practices Tallahassee Community College
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…
Delphi Example Practices American University
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…
Twelfth Grade Math and College Access
Leonard Wainstein, Carrie E. Miller, Meredith Phillips, Kyo Yamashiro, Tatiana Melguizo
UCLA Los Angeles Education Research Institute (2023)
Students’ academic preparation during high school, including the courses they take, influences their educational and economic success in adulthood. Research on the association between course…
LAERI Research Report: 12th Grade Math and College Success
Leonard Wainstein, Carrie E. Miller, Meredith Phillips, Kyo Yamashiro, Tatiana Melguizo
UCLA Los Angeles Education Research Institute (2023)
In a new report, Twelfth Grade Math and College Success, LAERI-affiliated researchers build on their work in Twelfth Grade Math and College Access and examine the impact of…
Scaling Change in Higher Education: A Guide for Stakeholder Groups
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Joseph Kitchen (2018)
Created for key external stakeholder groups that support change and reform of the higher education enterprise, this guide presents a toolkit with practical advice on…
Scaling Improvement in STEM Learning Environments: The Strategic Role of a National Organization
Adrianna Kezar (2018)
This capstone report of the Scaling STEM Reform study evaluates the national organization Association of American Universities' role in improving undergraduate STEM education at its…
Communities of Transformation and their Work Scaling STEM Reform
Adrianna Kezar, Sean Gehrke (2015)
The findings from an NSF-funded study examining four STEM communities in order to better understand the roles of these communities in advancing the goals of…
Creating a Unified Community of Support: Increasing Success for Underrepresented Students in STEM
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe (2017)
For decades, researchers have tried to boost the very low success rates of first-generation, low-income and underserved minority students in STEM education in college. Yet…
Improving and Dedicating Supports for Part-time Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College
Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper
Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2018
In an effort to bolster support for part-time faculty, the division director for Central Piedmont Community College’s largest curriculum department connected and collaborated with full-time…
Professional Development for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in STEM at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, and Maeve Lee
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Bruce A. Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (RCTLE) provides professional development to the Worldwide campus’ majority adjunct instructor population. The…
Delphi Example Practices Tallahassee Community College
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…
Delphi Example Practices American University
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…
Twelfth Grade Math and College Access
Leonard Wainstein, Carrie E. Miller, Meredith Phillips, Kyo Yamashiro, Tatiana Melguizo
UCLA Los Angeles Education Research Institute (2023)
Students’ academic preparation during high school, including the courses they take, influences their educational and economic success in adulthood. Research on the association between course taking and academic or economic outcomes consistently suggests that taking a more advanced math curriculum…
LAERI Research Report: 12th Grade Math and College Success
Leonard Wainstein, Carrie E. Miller, Meredith Phillips, Kyo Yamashiro, Tatiana Melguizo
UCLA Los Angeles Education Research Institute (2023)
In a new report, Twelfth Grade Math and College Success, LAERI-affiliated researchers build on their work in Twelfth Grade Math and College Access and examine the impact of taking a math course in twelfth grade on L.A. Unified students' science, technology, engineering, and…
Scaling Change in Higher Education: A Guide for Stakeholder Groups
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe, Joseph Kitchen (2018)
Created for key external stakeholder groups that support change and reform of the higher education enterprise, this guide presents a toolkit with practical advice on how to be effective partners in working with colleges and universities to support changes that…
Scaling Improvement in STEM Learning Environments: The Strategic Role of a National Organization
Adrianna Kezar (2018)
This capstone report of the Scaling STEM Reform study evaluates the national organization Association of American Universities' role in improving undergraduate STEM education at its member institutions. A joint publication between the Association of American Universities and the Pullias Center,…
Communities of Transformation and their Work Scaling STEM Reform
Adrianna Kezar, Sean Gehrke (2015)
The findings from an NSF-funded study examining four STEM communities in order to better understand the roles of these communities in advancing the goals of scaling STEM education reform.
Creating a Unified Community of Support: Increasing Success for Underrepresented Students in STEM
Adrianna Kezar, Elizabeth Holcombe (2017)
For decades, researchers have tried to boost the very low success rates of first-generation, low-income and underserved minority students in STEM education in college. Yet while more students from these groups have been entering colleges and pursuing STEM majors, the…
Improving and Dedicating Supports for Part-time Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College
Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper
Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2018
In an effort to bolster support for part-time faculty, the division director for Central Piedmont Community College’s largest curriculum department connected and collaborated with full-time faculty members. A research-based program proposal was subsequently submitted highlighting five no-to-low cost support priorities…
Professional Development for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in STEM at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, and Maeve Lee
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Bruce A. Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (RCTLE) provides professional development to the Worldwide campus’ majority adjunct instructor population. The RCTLE utilizes four professional development initiatives specifically geared towards adjuncts: required training for new hires…
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