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A New Academic Year Begins...
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Faculty, students, and staff at USC and at higher education campuses across the country are geared up for the new academic year, which brings about opportunities for change, be it on a personal level, the institutional level, or anywhere in-between. We are changing things up at The Pullias Center for Higher Education as well.
One such change is to have a guest editor for each new issue of our newsletter. Who better to start with than Dr. Adrianna Kezar, who has stepped into the role of as the center's Director over the summer after serving as Co-Director for the last 7 years?
We hope you enjoy this new format.
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From Dr. Kezar: Resisting the Gig Academy
There is little notice of or conversation about the significant - perhaps catastrophic - employment changes taking place at colleges and universities. After decades of ignoring the adjunctification of faculty, we now see the transformation of almost every employment category...
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A new resource from the Pullias Center as part of The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success examines relevant trends to develop better policies and practices that help drive collective action for improving the professional landscape for faculty.
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Two winners of $15,000 awards recognizing noteworthy efforts to support non-tenure-track faculty have been named following an extensive review of the many applications received. This is the second year for the Delphi Awards.
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An upcoming book from a trio of authors, including Adrianna Kezar,
takes the concept of the gig economy and applies it to the university workforce to scrutinize labor restructuring across both academic and nonacademic spheres. Available October 2019.
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The combined $3 million grant in collaboration with the Association of American Colleges and Universities will address the increasing number of non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) who lack the institutional support to provide a quality learning environment for students in STEM. Principal Investigator: Adrianna Kezar / Grant #1914784
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I AM was awarded a $27,000 USC Good Neighbors Grant
for the I AM action-based intensive mentoring model where USC faculty, staff, and graduate students guide underserved students through the college and financial aid application processes, and plus
helps develop students' writing and non-cognitive skills. Principal Investigator: William Tierney
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Pullias in the Media
The Projects and People Making News
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Pullias People
Pullias Staff, Students, and Alumni on the Move
- Jordan Harper,Edgar Lopez, Elizabeth Morris, and Elif Yucel have joined the Pullias Center as doctoral student research assistants
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Elise Swanson,
KC Culver, and
Yuxin Lin join the Pullias Center as postdoctoral research associates
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Jonathan Zaleski is the new communications manager for the Pullias Center
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Edward Chi departs to become Instructor, Economics, at Cerritos College
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Suneal Kolluri departs to become a postdoctoral scholar at University of California, Riverside
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Elizabeth Park departs to become a postdoctoral scholar at the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning at the University of California, Irvine
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Marissiko M. Wheaton is now a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Urban Education, Rossier School of Education at USC
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Joseph Kitchen departs to become Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of Miami
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Michael Lanford moves on to become Assistant Professor of Higher Education, University of North Georgia
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Guest Editor's Recommended Reads
Dr. Kezar's 6 Things to Add to Your Reading List
Diezmann, C., & Grieshaber, S. (2019). Women in the Professoriate. In
Women Professors (pp. 1-11). Springer, Singapore.
Finkelstein, M. J., Conley, V. M., & Schuster, J. H. (2016).
The faculty factor: Reassessing the American academy in a turbulent era. JHU Press.
Ginsberg, B. (2011).
The fall of the faculty. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Kezar, A., & Maxey, D., (Eds.). (2016).
Envisioning the faculty for the 21st century: Moving to a mission-oriented and learner-centered faculty model. New Brunswick, NJ:Rutgers University Press.
Kezar, A. (Ed.). (2012).
Embracing non-tenure track faculty: Changing campuses for the new faculty majority. New York, NY: Routledge.
Kezar, A., & Sam, C. (2010).
Understanding the new majority of non-tenure-track faculty in higher education: Demographics, experiences, and plans of action. Association for the Study in Higher Education Report, 36(4). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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Quick Takes
Additional Pullias Center News
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We will be back next month with a new Guest Editor
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