Adrianna Kezar

Pullias Center director @akezar.bsky.social and colleague Susan Elrod share their guidance on how #highered leaders can chart a strategic path through the current chaos by using the Change Leadership Toolkit. Read more in this @insidehighered.com article:
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If you can’t join us in person, make sure to live stream the event or watch it afterwards

We are hiring a Contracts and Grants Coordinator to support all phases of grant administration, from pre-award preparations to post-award processes. This is a fixed-term position that renews annually, and we're open to a hybrid work arrangement! Learn more: shorturl.at/B72jE

@akezar.bsky.social

I feel so honored to have worked with Tatiana! She was an amazing mentor and scholar. If you are able to contribute to her legacy scholarship, I know her family and loved ones would appreciate it.

Join @uscpullias.bsky.social researchers for this #aera2025 conference session.

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The time is now for all campuses to adopt shared equity leadership! Share with your colleagues and ensure higher education does not lose its integrity.

In this Journal of Higher Education article, authors @kcculver.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social and Emily Koren offer a new conceptual model: the Faculty, Academic Careers and Environments framework. Learn more here: shorturl.at/rqFES

@uscrossier.bsky.social

Our new webinar is tomorrow! "Institutional Transformation for VITAL Faculty," will explore the winning strategies from our 2024 Delphi award winners, MSUCAL and @umassamherst.bsky.social.

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@uscrossier.bsky.social, @kcculver.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social, @aacu.org

Please make sure to share with your colleagues and please apply!

Learn how professional learning communities can create culture change to support historically minoritized students. Proud of the PASS team work.

"Using Evidenced-Based Design to Support Gang-Impacted
Students in an Urban Community College: Lessons From
the Phoenix Scholars Program" is the title of a 'New Directions for Higher Education' article featuring the Long Beach City College Phoenix Scholars. shorturl.at/gz7Iz

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At the @aacu.org meeting, Adrianna Kezar @akezar.bsky.social and Ashley Finley presented the #DelphiAwards to MSU's College of Arts & Letters and @umassamherst.bsky.social. Congratulations to these campuses! shorturl.at/ztbLi

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We miss our colleague more than words can express. Please help us support her legacy.

Don't miss your opportunity to join these innovative campus leaders from MSUCAL and @umassamherst.bsky.social for our upcoming "Institutional Transformation to Support VITAL Faculty" webinar on Tuesday, March 11 at 12pm PT. Register for the webinar here: shorturl.at/NM1Lr

@uscrossier.bsky.social

It is vital but we maintain our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read my thoughts about ways to reflect and strategize about doing this work at this moment.

New year, new Pullias Center newsletter! We're starting off 2025 with guest editor @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social, who explores anti-DEI legislation and offers some key recommendations to navigate these challenges. Read the full newsletter here: conta.cc/3C22NET

@uscrossier.bsky.social, #highered

Congratulations to Adrianna Kezar (@akezar.bsky.social) who Education Week ranked as #42 on their 2025 listing of Top 200 Influencers in Education. The depth of Dr. Kezar's work in equity in #highereducation is significant, and we couldn't be prouder: shorturl.at/Il6V0

@uscrossier.bsky.social

The 2024 #DelphiAward winners, MSU's College of Arts & Letters and UMassAmherst, will be presented with their awards on Jan. 24 at @aacu.org's meeting. We are grateful to TIAA for continuing their support of the award!

@akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social, @kcculver.bsky.social

USC Pullias, along with our partner TIAA, has published new research to help develop creative strategies to advance #DEI goals, "Considerations and challenges of Implementing Shared Equity Leadership." shorturl.at/pNuXS

@akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social

The @uscpullias.bsky.social and @akezar.bsky.social #DelphiProject can help faculty leaders continue to make changes even in the upcoming anti-union political environment. Learn more about how campuses' are creating policies and programs for their NTTF faculty: pullias.usc.edu/delphi/

Professor Julie Posselt (@julieposselt.bsky.social) is the editor for this month's newsletter, featuring research in the Equity in Graduate Education space, organizations interested in Shared Equity Leadership and more!

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@akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social, #highered

We received the 'Special Merit Award' for our "commitment to innovative research on underserved topics like college access, marginalized students, and non-tenure track faculty, (continuing) to push the field forward..." shorturl.at/mZqVb

Check out these models of faculty support that lead to student success

Our team in Equity in Graduate Education has found that research group placement profoundly impacts a PhD student’s academic journey and overall satisfaction. Check out their recently-published new research-based guide, “Connecting Students, Advisors, and Research Groups." shorturl.at/EnhAf

Happy to join bluesky - just want to let you know the Pullias Center is a great place to find resources to support access an success of historically marginalized groups in higher education. We are a community for those doing change/reform work. @uscpullias.bsky.social @uscrossier.bsky.social

Thanks appreciate your support