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Scaling change in higher education: A guide for stakeholder groups

A new Pullias Center publication shows external groups how to effectively support change and reform in higher education Two months ago, the Pullias Center for Higher Education and the Association of American Universities (AAU) jointly released “Scaling Improvement in STEM Learning Environments: The Strategic Role of a National Organization,” a report assessing AAU’s efforts to reforms of undergraduate STEM teaching and learning on a national level […]

To help students succeed in STEM, colleges need a holistic plan

August 28, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, STEM reform adrianna kezar elizabeth holcombe stem stem reform

A study of college transition programs at CSUs details the benefits of comprehensive, integrated support programs for underserved students. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF When college and university departments work together to help first-year STEM students transition to college, students succeed at significantly higher rates. That is what two researchers from the Pullias Center for Higher Education found when they studied CSU […]

Elizabeth Holcombe successfully defends dissertation

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards adrianna kezar elizabeth holcombe

Congratulations to Elizabeth Holcombe, research assistant at the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation on August 9, 2018! Titled “Assessment and Teaching Improvement in Higher Education: Investigating an Unproven Link,” Holcombe’s dissertation studies whether research universities’ efforts to assess the knowledge and abilities students gain through their college experiences shapes teaching and learning environments. While […]

Building bridges for student success

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, STEM reform adrianna kezar elizabeth holcombe stem stem reform

When academic and student affairs departments work together, first-year STEM students achieve greater success, a study finds. Full article HTML | Full article PDF A first-generation college student wants to major in math—but enrolls in the wrong course because her academic advisor isn’t familiar with the math sequence. Once classes begin, the student doesn’t understand what faculty office hours are—and so never […]

How to improve college STEM education on a national level

July 26, 2018July 27, 2018 pulliasadmin STEM reform adrianna kezar stem

A new report by Pullias co-director Adrianna Kezar shows how to scale improvements in STEM learning. Student-centered, evidence-based, and effective. Those are the qualities of best teaching practices that have been touted by STEM education experts for years. Yet still today, many professors have not adopted such practices in their classrooms, and STEM instruction has been reforming at a snail’s […]

How to design better surveys for higher ed research

July 10, 2018April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin Publications PASS project PASS adrianna kezar darnell cole joseph kitchen tslc

A new paper illustrates the benefits of a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative and quantitative tools. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Higher education research often gets divided into two categories: qualitative research that relies on more subjective methods like interviews and focus groups, and the numbers-based quantitative research that relies on surveys and measurable records. Combining the two methods still […]

Speaking Truth and Acting with Integrity: Confronting Challenges of Campus Racial Climate

Adrianna Kezar and Sharon Fries-Britt (2018) Confronting Challenges of Campus Racial Climate is a multi-year study focused on responses to campus racial crises and building institutional capacity for racial equity. The study is a collaboration between the Pullias Center, the American Council on Education (ACE), and the University of Missouri. This report explores what led to the University of Missouri’s […]

How Colleges Change: Understanding, Leading, and Enacting Change

June 5, 2018April 19, 2019 pulliasadmin Academic governance & change, Publications adrianna kezar

Pullias co-director Adrianna Kezar offers new insights for university leaders and change agents. Available July 31, 2018. The only constant is change, as Heraclitus famously said. Yet fostering and implementing change remains a major challenge for university leaders. How can we make meaningful changes at an institution of higher education? What theories of change should be considered? And on a […]

How to give non-tenure-track faculty the support they need

May 22, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Publications adrianna kezar delphi project tom depaola

Two new studies address the challenges faced by growing numbers of contingent faculty. They go by many titles. Adjunct professor, postdoctoral fellow, assistant lecturer, part-time instructor, researcher — The list goes on. All these titles make it difficult to gather comprehensive data about faculty, which in turn makes it difficult to see, let alone address, the challenges many of these […]

Adrianna Kezar: An Award to to Inspire and Support Reform of Contingent Faculty Working Conditions

April 25, 2018May 23, 2018 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Pullias Voices adrianna kezar delphi project

An Award to Propel Action: The Delphi Project Offers a $15K Incentive to Inspire and Support Reform of Contingent Faculty Working Conditions Pullias Center co-director Adrianna Kezar was interviewed about the Delphi Project for Changing Faculty and Student Success and the project’s recently announced $15,000 Delphi Award. The Q&A was published in Majority Rule, the official blog of the New Faculty Majority, […]