Pullias Center Announces 2020 Delphi Award Winners and Finalists

Teams from Louisiana State University and Northcentral University to be honored for innovative support of adjunct faculty in promoting student success. The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education has selected two winners of the Delphi Award for 2020. Louisiana State University and Northcentral University will each receive $15,000 cash awards to […]

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Advocacy and Equal Access Opportunities for Non-Tenure Track Faculty at Middlesex Community College

Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2020 Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper Pullias Center for Higher Education (2020) Middlesex Community College (MCC) recognizes that student achievement is intertwined with faculty success, which of course includes adjunct faculty. MCC has a history of including non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) in consideration of past initiatives, such as opening the availability of some Professional Development (PD), workshops […]

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Updated Resource Highlights Selected Research on Connections Between Non-Tenure Track Faculty Working Conditions and Student Learning in Higher Education

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. Originally published in 2013, the initial bibliography highlighted five correlated findings on student outcomes that have been tied to negative working conditions for […]

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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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TIAA Institute Awards Pullias Center Grant to Examine Award-Winning Support for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

The TIAA Institute has awarded the Pullias Center for Higher Education a one-year $50,000 grant through the end of 2020 to study and document cases of institutions that have made significant changes in policies, programs, and practices to better support non-tenure track faculty (NTTF), which includes contingent and adjunct faculty.  Adrianna Kezar, professor at the Rossier School of Education, director […]

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Nurturing the ‘SOUL’ of Adjuncts at The American Womens’ College at Bay Path University

Delphi Award Finalist, 2020 Jordan Harper, Adrianna Kezar In 2013, Bay Path University launched The American Women’s College (TAWC) to deploy the Social Online Universal Learning (SOUL) model for delivering accelerated online baccalaureate degree programs exclusively for women, the first of its kind in the nation. The SOUL model was designed to improve student learning by offering wrap-around supports and […]

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Applications Open for 2020 Delphi Award

The Delphi Award consists of two $15,000 awards given to two new recipients each year to recognize noteworthy efforts to support non-tenure-track faculty. The Pullias Center for Higher Education in partnership with the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) today opened applications for the 2020 Delphi Award. The $15,000 cash award is given annually to two individuals or groups who […]

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2019 Delphi Award Winners Discuss Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty at AAC&U Conference

The Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting took place recently in Washington, D.C. and included a session with winners of the 2019 Delphi Award from Santa Monica College and Penn State. The event was moderated by Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center, and Ashley Finley, Senior Advisor to the President and Vice President of Strategic Planning and […]

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