IGEN – Pullias Center

Postdoctoral Hiring & Equity Issues in STEM: Employment Trends, Policy, and Research

Jill Huynh, Kimberlee Shauman Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) Inequities in postdoctoral hiring reflect and contribute to inequities in the scientific labor force more broadly. Although their positions are usually temporary, postdoctorates comprise a substantial proportion of the STEM research workforce and conduct a large share of the work generating laboratory productivity. These researchers are a highly educated and […]

Doctoral Candidacy and Qualifying Exams: A Guide to Contexts, Costs for Equity, and Possibilities of Transformation

Julie Posselt, Román Liera Pullias Center for Higher Education (2022) In this brief, we offer context about qualifying exams, raise awareness of how they can compromise equity and student wellbeing, and offer recommendations for structural and cultural change. We synthesize published research and findings from the IGEN Research Hub’s studies in this area, including survey data and case studies of […]

Racialized Gatekeeping Systems: Guidance for Navigation & Transformation

Pullias Center for Higher Education (2023) This document distills takeaways and input of 200+ attendees of webinars held by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) in March 2023. In these events, panelists and participants discussed the newest NASEM report Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in […]

COVID-19 Resources for Higher Education

The Pullias Center has gathered a range of resources for everyone in higher education, including students, faculty, and administrators, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. These have been created and curated from internal and external sources. We at the Pullias Center send out our thoughts to everyone in the higher education community to be safe and well at this time. We […]

May 1 Webinar: Preparing Graduate Admissions & Recruitment for Effects of COVID-19

April 20, 2020April 12, 2023 pulliasadmin Events, Pullias News C-CIDE graduate admissions IGEN julie posselt

The Pullias Center is co-hosting a special webinar and discussion on Friday, May 1 at 10:30am-12:00pm PT/ 1:30pm-3:00pm ET. Featuring our own Julie Posselt and other panelists addressing recruitment and admissions challenges facing graduate education in light of COVID-19. The panelists will present research and institutional responses that, together, highlight paths for administrators and faculty toward equitable enrollment management. The […]

Pullias Team Addresses Biases and Discrimination Hiding in Letters of Recommendation

March 26, 2020March 27, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias News graduate admissions IGEN julie posselt roman liera steve desir

Letters of recommendation are used in admissions and hiring to glean information and qualities which may go unnoticed in the review of an applicant’s file. However, they are also one of the most common places that bias is written into applicant records– sometimes in subtle ways. The Pullias Center’s Julie Posselt, Steve Desir, and Román Liera are leading an effort […]

Julie Posselt: System Shocks and Institutional Change

March 24, 2020March 27, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices C-CIDE graduate admissions IGEN julie posselt

Change comes slowly in higher education, or so the best theory and evidence say. Yet there are exceptions to every rule, and exogenous shocks such as protests, wars, natural disasters and, as we are now seeing, a global pandemic can compel decisive, transformational changes that colleges, universities, and their members would otherwise resist. Will disruptions and uncertainties of COVID-19 catalyze […]