Pullias Center Director to Participate in June 9 Webinar on COVID and Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center, is participating in a special webinar titled “The Gig Academy and COVID-19: Implications for the Future” on June 9, 2020 at 9am PT (noon ET).   In the recently published book The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University, Adrianna Kezar and her co-authors describe and critique the restructuring of all academic labor […]

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New Guide Provides Direction for Students Looking to Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in Higher Education

Created as part of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, the guide is designed for student activists at the undergraduate and graduate level. This population is in a unique position to make a difference in the lives of faculty currently experiencing terrible inequalities and working conditions. The Delphi Project, looking to empower, inform, and leverage all […]

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“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 unique position to make a difference in the lives of faculty currently experiencing […]

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Creating a Culture of Care for Contingent Faculty Through Professional Development at Santa Monica College

Delphi Award Winner, 2019 Jordan Harper, Daniel Scott, and Adrianna Kezar (2019) This publication highlights the successful efforts by Santa Monica College to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. SMC is one of winners of the 2019 Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations who have worked to support adjunct, contingent, and non-tenure-track faculty […]

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“We are One Penn State”: Reforming Policy to Better Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty at Penn State

Delphi Award Winner, 2019 Jordan Harper, Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019) This publication highlights the successful efforts Penn State University to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. PSU is one of winners of the 2019 Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations who have worked to support adjunct, contingent, […]

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State of the Faculty

Daniel Scott, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Adrianna Kezar (2019)   The report explores the issues and trends that have affected faculty in the United States to provide a snapshot from varied sources about the state of the profession. Topics covered include the future job market, faculty accountability policies, shared governance, tenure, unionization, non-tenure track faculty, salaries, and benefits.  The report […]

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Equity for lecturers and counseling faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills

Delphi Award Winner, 2018 Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar, Kirti Celly, Pamela Robinson Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019) This new publication highlights the recent successful efforts California State University, Dominguez Hills made to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. CSUDH is one of winners of the inaugural Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations who have […]

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Redesigning teaching evaluations to support professional development for faculty at Harper College

Delphi Award Winner, 2018 Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar, Michael Bates Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019) This new publication highlights the recent successful efforts Harper College made to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. Harper College is one of winners of the inaugural Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations who have worked to support adjunct, […]

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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 support these faculty in their efforts to foster student learning and success. Categories: Delphi Project, […]

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