An Opinion from Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, USC Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering Dr. Slaughter has served as the USC Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering since 2010, and recently announced his retirement, effective June 2022. Professor Slaughter’s storied career spans 66 years and includes working in the private sector, academia and federal government. STEM education. The very […]
Dr. Slaughter, Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering, Shares his Inspiring Story on Thursday, May 5 at USC Education and engineering pioneer and USC Professor Dr. John Brooks Slaughter will share his journey through education and engineering as part of USC Viterbi’s “Remarkable Trajectory” Speaker Series on Thursday, May 5 at 4pm. Dr. Slaughter’s lecture is open to all, both […]
Designing Accessible and Inclusive Professional Development for NTTF is a new report from the Pullias Center for Higher Education that takes a close look at how universities support non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) in professional development. This includes examining emerging and best practices—such as providing faculty with orientations, workshops and symposiums, learning communities, scholarly conferences, newsletters and resource websites, or awards. Adrianna […]
KC Culver and Adrianna Kezar Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) One of the main lessons from the recent pandemic is the importance of professional development for all faculty. With a post-pandemic context, we are provided an opportunity to address long-standing problems in higher education, problems that are particularly prevalent within STEM education, including that professional development has not been […]
Professional Development, 2021 Jennifer Yeh, KC Culver, and Adrianna Kezar Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) San Francisco State University (SFSU)’s Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL) provides professional development opportunities for faculty that promote equity-minded, innovative, and reflective learning and instructional practices. SFSU offers an example of an institution that provides professional development at multiple levels, with […]
Professional Development, 2021 KC Culver and Adrianna Kezar Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) The vast majority of faculty across career tracks at the University of Georgia (UGA) are employed full time. UGA works to limit the number of teaching-focused non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) to make up no more than 20% of total instructional faculty, with some exceptions based on institutional […]
Professional Development, 2021 KC Culver, Maeve Lee, and Adrianna Kezar Pullias Center for Higher Education (2021) The University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for STEM Learning (CSL)’s Transforming Education, Supporting Teaching and Learning Excellence (TRESTLE) was a seven- institution project funded by the National Science Foundation from 2015-2020. The TRESTLE project focused on increasing use of research-based instructional practices through embedded expertise within […]
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 […]
Julie Posselt, Theresa Hernandez, Deborah Southern, and Steve Desir from the Pullias Center and Fatima Alleyne from University of California, Berkeley, share their collective perspective on a year that continues to defy description. Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Challenging. Difficult. Unusual. Our emails remind us daily that these times are like none other. 2020 gets an asterisk, and we are only half way […]
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, […]