PROJECT UPDATES
May 13, 2025
Join the Pullias Center's Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project research team as we share key findings from our three-year study involving postsecondsary professional learning communities (PLCs) designed to support at-promise students. This webinar will feature a conversation with members of three participating PLCs, who will discuss their experiences, key lessons learned and next steps. Additionally, we will introduce free, ready-to-use tools to help you successfully launch and facilitate your own PLC.
December 5, 2024
One question I continue to ask in our department and on our campus is: How are we changing our practices and policies to be student-ready, rather than expecting students to be college-ready? At-promise scholars entering college have many pressures and responsibilities that we need to acknowledge and adapt to for students to not only be successful academically, but for them to experience positive well-being as well.
February 15, 2024
Peer mentoring is a popular tool utilized by postsecondary institutions to support at-promise students as they navigate the transition to… Continue reading Promoting At-promise College Student Success through Peer Mentoring
November 17, 2022
Like so many in higher education, staff members in living-learning communities on the University of Nebraska’s campuses found themselves struggling… Continue reading How Job Crafting Can Help Employees ‘Stay Afloat:’ PASS Research Highlighted in The Chronicle’s ‘Staffing for Success’ Report
September 16, 2022
Student support practitioners (SSPs) are crucial in supporting (low-income, first-generation college, and/or racially minoritized) students pursuing higher education. However, when… Continue reading Understanding How Student Support Practitioners Navigated Ideal Worker Norms During COVID-19: The Role of Job-Crafting
September 13, 2022
Researchers on the Pullias Center’s PASS team have chapters included in two recently-published books centered around sense of belonging and… Continue reading The Impact of a Sense of Belonging in College and Delivering on the Promise of High-Impact Practices
February 28, 2022
By Joseph Kitchen Seeking out connections with students is at the core of another strategy my colleagues and I identified through… Continue reading Proactive Outreach and Tailored Support: A Recipe for Student Success
February 1, 2022
By Joseph Kitchen Before the pandemic, many of the typical learning experiences and programming opportunities offered at colleges and universities were… Continue reading Ecological Validation: Taking the Initiative to Create a Sense of Belonging
May 26, 2021
For first-year students who carry traditionally marginalized identities, comprehensive college transition programs (CCTPs) can offer key wraparound services to help… Continue reading Sense of Belonging and Mattering Among Two Cohorts of First-Year Students Participating in a Comprehensive College
May 26, 2021
College transition and support programs have emerged over the past century as important tools that institutions can employ to improve… Continue reading A Typology of College Transition and Support Programs: Situating a 2-Year Comprehensive College Transition Program Within College Access