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40th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience to take place virtually on February 15-19, 2021

Registration is now open for the 40th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, which will be held virtually this February 15-19, 2021. The early registration deadline is January 13, 2021. This conference is designed to provide higher education professionals a comfortable and welcoming environment to share their experiences, ideas, tools, and research critical to the learning, development, and success of […]

Book Review: Thriving in Transitions (2nd Edition)

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 Pullias News student transition books transition programs

Jennifer Keup, Executive Director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, reviews the second edition of Thriving in Transitions: A Research-Based Approach to College Student Success by Laurie A. Schreiner, Denise D. Nelson, Michelle C. Louis, with citations, and discusses the book’s central concept of thriving. We have all heard the story of how, […]

Pullias Center 25th Anniversary Reflection: Adrianna Kezar

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 Pullias Voices adrianna kezar Pullias 25

Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, reflects on the Center’s 25th Anniversary in this tenth and final of a series of essays marking the occasion throughout the year. It is hard for me to believe that I have been a part of Pullias for 17 of its 25 years! Time cannot have flown more quickly. As […]

Dr. Jennifer Keup: Reframing Transition as the Path to Hope and Healing

December 14, 2020December 15, 2020 Pullias Voices student transition Pullias Voices transition programs

Jennifer R. Keup, Executive Director of The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, shares her perspective on this tumultuous year. When I was asked to serve as the guest editor of the December issue of the Pullias Center’s newsletter and write a story for the website, I braced myself for a daunting task. How does […]

New Issue of ‘Higher Ed Conversations in Black’ Reimagines What’s Next for Higher Ed in the United States

December 2, 2020 Pullias News HECIB racial equity

‘Higher Ed Conversations in Black’ has returned with its second edition titled “Reimagining What’s Next For the U.S. and Higher Education.” This edition is framed by Aireale Joi Rodgers and features contributors Darnell Cole, Eddie Cole, Felecia Commodore, Freeman Hrabowski, III, Wendy Osefo, and Antar Tichavakunda. “My phone buzzed with messages from loved ones, exclaiming that ‘We did it!’ [as […]

New Book by Pullias Center Founding Director William G. Tierney

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Pullias News william tierney

William G. Tierney’s “Get Real: 49 Challenges Confronting Higher Education” provides a thought-provoking overview of the many challenges in higher education through forty-nine short essays. Higher education always seems to be in crisis; governments, foundations, associations, and even professors lament problems plaguing America’s colleges and universities. Drawing on his experiences and expertise as a University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director […]

Pullias Center Faculty Have High Hopes, and a Few Suggestions, for the Incoming Biden-Harris Administration

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices

As the Biden-Harris administration heads to Washington DC, many across the higher education landscape are turning thoughts towards what the first priorities on President Biden and Vice President Harris’ education agenda will be. In the past, President Biden has been a tireless advocate for public education while Vice President Harris’ is an HBCU graduate and has expressed her unwavering priority […]

Elections and Activism

November 11, 2020November 16, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices, Uncategorized

Adrianna Kezar, Pullias Center Director, shares her perspective on this pivotal election It’s November and hopefully you voted on or before Election Day and encouraged others to do so. The stakes for this current election could not have been higher, particularly as it relates to issues of racial justice and equity, but also xenophobia, global sustainability, health and safety of […]

Pullias Center Celebrates 25 Years with Virtual Gathering

November 11, 2020November 13, 2020 pulliasadmin Events, Pullias News

Pullias Center staff, researchers, associates, and alumni met up virtually to reminisce about the organization’s first quarter century while considering what lies ahead. The event was originally planned as an in-person affair that, like so many things in 2020, had to be rethought in the shadow of the coronavirus. The resulting virtual gathering benefited from the digital nature of the […]

Pullias Center Presents Five Alumni with Awards to Support Racial Equity-Related Research

November 11, 2020November 2, 2022 pulliasadmin Awards, Pullias News cecile sam sharla berry raquel rall james dean ward racial equity

The Pullias Center asked the organization’s alumni to submit proposals for research projects that explore racial equity and inclusion in higher education and presented $5,000 awards to support five of these projects. The five winning projects were selected through a blind review conducted by Pullias Center faculty along with Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center. The winners were first […]

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