Researchers at the Pullias Center study a number of issues related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, from increasing equity and diversity to scaling up best teaching practices in these fields.
Explore our STEM education-related projects below. In addition to these, much of our work on college access and success includes and relates to STEM education.
Current Projects
Scaling Support for Non-Tenure Track STEM Faculty
A project that aims to help campus teams provide support, particularly related to professional development, to aid the increasing number of non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) who lack the institutional support to provide a quality learning environment for students in STEM.
Equity for Community College Students
A research initiative to understand and improve historically marginalized community college students’ learning outcomes and opportunities.
California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education
A project to to scale holistic graduate admissions practices to six California universities.
Cal-Bridge: A CSU-UC Bridge Program in Physics and Astronomy
A project that creates a pathway for students from underrepresented groups at 15 California State University campuses to PhD programs in physics and astronomy at nine University of California campuses.
Past Projects
CSU STEM Collaboratives
A study of the impact of integrated support programs on first-year student success in STEM education at CSU institutions.
FIELD
An ethnographic study of field-based experiences in the geosciences to promote inclusion of students from diverse backgrounds.
Scaling STEM Reform
A study of the role a national organization can play in making large-scale improvements in undergraduate STEM education.
Achieving Scale for STEM Reform
A study of four STEM communities and their goals of scaling STEM education reform.
Now What? An Institutional STEM Effectiveness Framework
A project designed to develop a comprehensive institutional STEM Effectiveness Framework.