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.
Lessons Learned from Men of Color Programs: A Roadmap to Guide Program Development and Beyond
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
The collegiate experiences of men of color—Black, Latino, multiracial, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander men—are influenced by a wide variety of factors that…
Beyond the Board: Findings from the Field
Zoë B. Corwin, Tattiya Maruco, Neftalie Williams, Robert Reichardt, Maria Romero-Morales, Christine Rocha, and Constanza Astiazaran
The Pullias Center for Higher Education
This report shares findings from the two-year Beyond the Board study.
Gaming The System: Fostering College Knowledge Through Play
Zoë Blumberg Corwin, William G. Tierney, Elizabeth Swensen, Sean Bouchard, Tracy Fullerton, Gisele Ragusa (2012)
A report to outline the development of the Collegeology Games project and share emerging research findings conducted to ascertain the effects of the games on…
Ready Or Not, Here We Play: The Impact of Collegeology Games on College Readiness, Access and Student Success
William G. Tierney, Gisele Ragusa, Zoë Blumberg Corwin, Tracy Fullerton (2013)
The latest report on Collegeology Games.
First in the World: Improving Access to College through Games, Technology, and Social Media
William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin (2015)
A monograph about the Pullias Center’s project to develop and disseminate a college application game in schools across California through a Web-based platform. The project…
Technological Innovations for College Access
Zoë Corwin, Marie Groark, Keith Frome (2015)
A discussion of useful online tools, challenges, and potential ways to use technological innovations to increase college-going and completion rates.
Launching the Mission Admission Challenge
Joint project of the Pullias Center for Higher Education (2016)
An overview of activities conducted and lessons learned from the first two years of a project using online tools to help students prepare for college,…
From Pre to Post: Putting the Data Pieces Together
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2016)
The Pullias Center presents a summary of the findings from a 2015 pre-Challenge survey.
Zooming Along: Next Steps for Data Collection
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2017)
This is a follow-up report to “From Pre to Post: Putting the Data Pieces Together” (October 2016) where we presented interim findings from data collection…
How is Technology Addressing the College Access Challenge?: A Review of the Landscape, Opportunities, and Gaps
Pullias Center for Higher Education and Get Schooled (2018)
Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available…
Lessons Learned from Men of Color Programs: A Roadmap to Guide Program Development and Beyond
Adrian H. Huerta, Maria Romero-Morales, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Julie Vu Nguyen
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021)
The collegiate experiences of men of color—Black, Latino, multiracial, Native American, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander men—are influenced by a wide variety of factors that determine if and how they persist to reach college graduation. Subtle and overt acts of…
Beyond the Board: Findings from the Field
Zoë B. Corwin, Tattiya Maruco, Neftalie Williams, Robert Reichardt, Maria Romero-Morales, Christine Rocha, and Constanza Astiazaran
The Pullias Center for Higher Education
This report shares findings from the two-year Beyond the Board study.
Gaming The System: Fostering College Knowledge Through Play
Zoë Blumberg Corwin, William G. Tierney, Elizabeth Swensen, Sean Bouchard, Tracy Fullerton, Gisele Ragusa (2012)
A report to outline the development of the Collegeology Games project and share emerging research findings conducted to ascertain the effects of the games on students’ college going efficacy.
Ready Or Not, Here We Play: The Impact of Collegeology Games on College Readiness, Access and Student Success
William G. Tierney, Gisele Ragusa, Zoë Blumberg Corwin, Tracy Fullerton (2013)
The latest report on Collegeology Games.
First in the World: Improving Access to College through Games, Technology, and Social Media
William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin (2015)
A monograph about the Pullias Center’s project to develop and disseminate a college application game in schools across California through a Web-based platform. The project offers schools online tools to actively engage students in preparing for college.
Technological Innovations for College Access
Zoë Corwin, Marie Groark, Keith Frome (2015)
A discussion of useful online tools, challenges, and potential ways to use technological innovations to increase college-going and completion rates.
Launching the Mission Admission Challenge
Joint project of the Pullias Center for Higher Education (2016)
An overview of activities conducted and lessons learned from the first two years of a project using online tools to help students prepare for college, with insights into the process of conceptualizing and implementing a large-scale practitioner-oriented research project.
From Pre to Post: Putting the Data Pieces Together
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2016)
The Pullias Center presents a summary of the findings from a 2015 pre-Challenge survey.
Zooming Along: Next Steps for Data Collection
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2017)
This is a follow-up report to “From Pre to Post: Putting the Data Pieces Together” (October 2016) where we presented interim findings from data collection with students and teachers at a select group of treatment schools in the randomized controlled…
How is Technology Addressing the College Access Challenge?: A Review of the Landscape, Opportunities, and Gaps
Pullias Center for Higher Education and Get Schooled (2018)
Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available and appropriate, especially for low-income students? This report offers a handy list, with descriptions of…