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.
Adapting by Design: Redesigning the Faculty Role Worksheet
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success and Association of American Colleges & Universities (2016)
Based on the Delphi Project's Adapting by Design report (2015), this worksheet is designed to spark conversations among campus stakeholders about potential ways to intentionally…
How Student Affairs Departments Can Support and Engage Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar (2019)
This guide, created by The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success in collaboration with NASPA, highlights the many opportunities student affairs departments…
Designing Accessible and Inclusive Professional Development for NTTF Toolkit
KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, and Jennifer Yeh
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
This toolkit is meant to accompany our report “Designing Accessible and Inclusive Professional Development for NTTF,” which was created as part of the Delphi Project…
“Waze” to Support Non-Tenure Track Faculty as a Student Activist
Jordan Harper & Adrianna Kezar (2020)
Created as part of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, this guide is designed for student activists at the undergraduate and…
Dispelling the Myths: Locating the Resources Needed to Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Maxey (2013)
This resource outlines potential changes that could be made to improve support for non-tenure-track faculty on campuses, organized in terms of those that would be…
Review of Selected Policies and Practices and Connections to Student Learning
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013)
The summary discusses how certain conditions created by policies – or a lack of policies – influence the ability of institutions to maximize the benefits…
A Model of Consensus Features for New Faculty Roles
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Scott, Hannah Yang (2017)
This infographic shows a model that can guide institutions in guaranteeing that new faculty roles are oriented around the goals of the higher education enterprise…
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty on our Campus: A Guide for Campus Task Forces to Better Understand Faculty Working Conditions and the Necessity of Change
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2012)
This guide is designed for use by task forces, committees, or groups who would like to examine non-tenure-track faculty practices and issues at the campus…
Amarillo College Case Study
Elizabeth Holcombe, Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez and Russell Lowery-Hart (Amarillo College)
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023)
This Case Study highlights Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics at CU Boulder, and the Leader Moves he made to develop This case study documents the…
Empowering Men of Color in Higher Education: A Focus on Psychological, Social, and Cultural Factors
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Maritza E. Salazar, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
To understand the factors that contribute to men of color graduating from higher education institutions at lower rates than their same-aged peers, we conducted a…
Adapting by Design: Redesigning the Faculty Role Worksheet
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success and Association of American Colleges & Universities (2016)
Based on the Delphi Project's Adapting by Design report (2015), this worksheet is designed to spark conversations among campus stakeholders about potential ways to intentionally and strategically redesign the faculty role on their campus.
How Student Affairs Departments Can Support and Engage Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar (2019)
This guide, created by The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success in collaboration with NASPA, highlights the many opportunities student affairs departments have to work with non-tenure-track faculty in furthering its student services mission---and, in turn, to…
Designing Accessible and Inclusive Professional Development for NTTF Toolkit
KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, and Jennifer Yeh
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022)
This toolkit is meant to accompany our report “Designing Accessible and Inclusive Professional Development for NTTF,” which was created as part of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success. In this report, we found that a variety…
“Waze” to Support Non-Tenure Track Faculty as a Student Activist
Jordan Harper & Adrianna Kezar (2020)
Created as part of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, this guide is designed for student activists at the undergraduate and graduate level looking to support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in higher education. These students are in a…
Dispelling the Myths: Locating the Resources Needed to Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Maxey (2013)
This resource outlines potential changes that could be made to improve support for non-tenure-track faculty on campuses, organized in terms of those that would be less expensive to implement or would likely require the reallocation of funding or increased expenditures.…
Review of Selected Policies and Practices and Connections to Student Learning
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013)
The summary discusses how certain conditions created by policies – or a lack of policies – influence the ability of institutions to maximize the benefits of non-tenure-track faculty contributions to student learning.
A Model of Consensus Features for New Faculty Roles
Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Scott, Hannah Yang (2017)
This infographic shows a model that can guide institutions in guaranteeing that new faculty roles are oriented around the goals of the higher education enterprise while they flesh out the details of what the new faculty will look like in…
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty on our Campus: A Guide for Campus Task Forces to Better Understand Faculty Working Conditions and the Necessity of Change
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2012)
This guide is designed for use by task forces, committees, or groups who would like to examine non-tenure-track faculty practices and issues at the campus level. Its question sections, discussion questions, and concluding questions guide practitioners through the process of…
Amarillo College Case Study
Elizabeth Holcombe, Ángel de Jesus Gonzalez and Russell Lowery-Hart (Amarillo College)
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023)
This Case Study highlights Noah Finkelstein, Professor of Physics at CU Boulder, and the Leader Moves he made to develop This case study documents the transformation of Amarillo College (AC) from an institution with low retention and completion rates to…
Empowering Men of Color in Higher Education: A Focus on Psychological, Social, and Cultural Factors
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Maritza E. Salazar, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
To understand the factors that contribute to men of color graduating from higher education institutions at lower rates than their same-aged peers, we conducted a literature review of 70 articles related to the experiences of men of color in higher…