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.
Leadership for Liberation: A Leadership Framework & Guide for Student Affairs Professionals
Jordan Harper and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
This guide articulates a need for a new model of leadership - leadership for liberation. The provocative thesis argues for a bold and forward-thinking leadership…
Design for Equity in Higher Education
KC Culver, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
A customized guide about liberatory design thinking processes that have been tested within college settings to support changes that enhance equity in policies and practices…
AB705 Implementation in the Los Angeles Community College District: Results from a District-Wide Survey
Tatiana Melguizo, Federick Ngo, Cheryl Ching, Elif Yücel, Elise Swanson, Deborah L. Harrington
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
The Pullias Center for Higher Education, as part of the USC-LACCD Research-Practice Partnership (RPP), is conducting a mixed-methods evaluation of Assembly Bill 705 (AB705) focused…
Bolstering First-Year Success Through Digital Tools
Tattiya Maruco, Zoë B. Corwin, Christine Rocha, and Maria Romero-Morales (2020)
To address the challenges of fostering a sense of belonging and ultimately improving academic success, USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and the Get Schooled…
Assessing The Landscape For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts in U.S. STEM Graduate Education: A Systematic Literature Review
Dr. Julie Posselt, Kaylan Baxter, and Whitney Tang
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
More resources are being poured every year into efforts to broaden participation in STEM, and foundations and other resource providers need up-to-date evidence about what…
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…
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in our Department: A Guide for Departments and Academic Programs to Better Understand Faculty Working Conditions and the Necessity of Change
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2012)
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2012) This guide is designed for use by faculty and staff at the department level…
Using Design for Equity in Higher Education for Liberatory Change: A Guide for Practice
KC Culver, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
This toolkit helps design teams engage in this process of implementing the Design for Equity in Higher Education model, For each phase of the model,…
Selected Research on Connections between Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Student Learning (2013)
Created as part of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, the annotated bibliography is designed to highlight correlations between the working…
Faculty Matter: Selected Research on Connections between Faculty-Student Interaction and Student Success
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013)
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013) This bibliography includes summaries of a sample of selected studies that describe the importance…
Leadership for Liberation: A Leadership Framework & Guide for Student Affairs Professionals
Jordan Harper and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
This guide articulates a need for a new model of leadership - leadership for liberation. The provocative thesis argues for a bold and forward-thinking leadership that focuses on the systems, structures, and cultural norms that are the heart of our…
Design for Equity in Higher Education
KC Culver, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
A customized guide about liberatory design thinking processes that have been tested within college settings to support changes that enhance equity in policies and practices within institutions. This research is based on case studies of several institutions, including focus group…
AB705 Implementation in the Los Angeles Community College District: Results from a District-Wide Survey
Tatiana Melguizo, Federick Ngo, Cheryl Ching, Elif Yücel, Elise Swanson, Deborah L. Harrington
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
The Pullias Center for Higher Education, as part of the USC-LACCD Research-Practice Partnership (RPP), is conducting a mixed-methods evaluation of Assembly Bill 705 (AB705) focused on how community college practitioners are implementing this landmark policy, which directs all 116 community…
Bolstering First-Year Success Through Digital Tools
Tattiya Maruco, Zoë B. Corwin, Christine Rocha, and Maria Romero-Morales (2020)
To address the challenges of fostering a sense of belonging and ultimately improving academic success, USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and the Get Schooled Foundation partnered with California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) to create an online tool called…
Assessing The Landscape For Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts in U.S. STEM Graduate Education: A Systematic Literature Review
Dr. Julie Posselt, Kaylan Baxter, and Whitney Tang
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
More resources are being poured every year into efforts to broaden participation in STEM, and foundations and other resource providers need up-to-date evidence about what works in shaping individual and organizational outcomes. This report introduces such evidence, toward enabling the…
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…
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in our Department: A Guide for Departments and Academic Programs to Better Understand Faculty Working Conditions and the Necessity of Change
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2012)
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2012) This guide is designed for use by faculty and staff at the department level who would like to examine non-tenure-track faculty practices and issues. Its question sections, discussion questions,…
Using Design for Equity in Higher Education for Liberatory Change: A Guide for Practice
KC Culver, Jordan Harper, and Adrianna Kezar
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
This toolkit helps design teams engage in this process of implementing the Design for Equity in Higher Education model, For each phase of the model, this toolkit provides a short description and offers some questions and suggestions to guide practice.
Selected Research on Connections between Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and Student Learning (2013)
Created as part of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, the annotated bibliography is designed to highlight correlations between the working conditions of non-tenure-track faculty and the outcomes and experiences of their students.
Faculty Matter: Selected Research on Connections between Faculty-Student Interaction and Student Success
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013)
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013) This bibliography includes summaries of a sample of selected studies that describe the importance of faculty-student interactions for facilitating positive student outcomes.