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Professional Development for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in STEM at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Professional Development, 2021 KC Culver, Adrianna Kezar, and Maeve Lee Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Bruce A. Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (RCTLE) provides professional development to the Worldwide campus’ majority adjunct instructor population. The RCTLE utilizes four professional development initiatives specifically geared towards adjuncts: required training for new hires and returning faculty, workshops […]

Improving the Quality of Term Faculty Careers at George Mason University

Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2021 Jordan Harper Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) George Mason sought to create an institutional culture in which non-tenure-track faculty (known as “term faculty” at George Mason) are viewed as valuable and the term faculty career path as both productive and rewarding. Through a partnership between the University’s Faculty Senate and the Office of […]

New Guide Offers a Toolkit to Facilitate Implementation of ‘Design for Equity in Higher Education’ Model

The publication is a companion piece to the recent report that introduced a new model that infuses equity-mindedness into design thinking for use in the higher education context. The new publication, Using Design for Equity in Higher Education For Liberatory Change: A Guide for Practice, is available now for download from The Pullias Center for Higher Education. It is a […]

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. Categories: Delphi Project, Racial Equity, Guides

New Pullias Center Report Adapts Liberatory Design Thinking Model for Higher Education Challenges

January 21, 2021March 25, 2021 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Pullias News design thinking adrianna kezar delphi project jordan harper kc culver racial equity

New research and a publication supported by funding from the TIAA Institute and the National Science Foundation as part of The Delphi Project puts equity front and center with a new model that considers the unique challenges in design thinking related to policy making in higher education. The publication, Design for Equity in Higher Education, introduces the Design for Equity […]

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 interviews with the campus design teams and […]

Making Maryville University the Adjunct Destination

Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2020 Jordan Harper Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020) Since its inception in 1872, teaching has been and continues to be a top priority at Maryville University. In 2015, key stakeholders at the university designed a strategic plan titled, “A New Century of Higher Education: Maryville 2022” that uses four pillars to frame future initiatives and […]

Building a Sense of Belonging for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Across Campuses in the Lehigh Valley Consortium

Delphi Award Finalist, 2020 Jordan Harper and Adrianna Kezar Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020) The Lehigh Valley Association for Independent Colleges (LVAIC), the oldest of its kind in the nation, is comprised of over 900 non-tenure-track faculty across six different institutions. Lehigh Valley works with other institutions with different missions, goals, and priorities to create structures that support community, pedagogical […]

Case Studies Highlight 2020 Delphi Award Winning Programs to Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

October 9, 2020February 26, 2021 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Pullias News delphi case study delphi award Delphi award 2020 delphi project

Louisiana State University and Northcentral University detail the paths they took to improve working conditions and professional development for adjunct faculty on their campuses. Titled “Inclusive Faculty Development at Louisiana State University” and “Supporting Adjuncts from a Distance: Adjuncts as Subject Matter Experts & Values Members of the Northcentral University Community,” these new publications highlight the recent successful efforts these […]

Steady Lines of Communication, Representation and Support for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty at Washington University in St. Louis

Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2020 Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020) The Association for Teaching Research and Practice (ATRaP) at Washington University in St. Louis was created to support full-time non-tenure-track faculty (FTNTTF) and encourage the institution’s administration to establish a steady line of communication with NTTF. The achievements and institutionalization of ATRaP as an official […]