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Pullias Researchers Examine English Misalignment of Former English Learners in California Community Colleges

Lost Transitions: The Cost of Inter-sector Misalignment for English Learners in Community Colleges, a new brief from the Pullias Center examines findings from the center’s study of community college students with a native language other than English who built proficiency in English through special support in K-12 public schools. That study showed more than 70% of all college-ready students in […]

Zoë B. Corwin: Learning More than Tricks from Skateboarders

May 26, 2021May 27, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices skatebboarding Pullias Voices zoe corwin

A year ago, I invited colleagues from across USC to collaborate on an interdisciplinary participatory action research study to explore the intersection of skateboarding, mental wellness, and community. We called the study Mattering in the Margins because we wanted to highlight the complex and wonderful ways that skaters thrive despite regularly being stigmatized and pushed to the margins of educational and […]

Inside the New Skateboarding Study: Reflections from the Researchers

May 26, 2021June 24, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices Pullias Voices skateboarding

In the summer of 2020, USC faculty – with funding from the USC Provost’s Office – embarked on the Mattering in the Margins study to explore how Los Angeles area skateboarders navigate wellness and foster community. In February of 2021, we welcomed a brilliant group of skateboarders – between the ages of 18-30 – as participatory action research collaborators. The […]

New Report Examines Safe Spaces in Higher Education

May 26, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News equity alumni award

Understanding the Narratives of Safe Space to Inform Higher Education Policy is one of five reports generated from research funded by the inaugural Pullias Center Equity Alumni Awards created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Pullias Center. Cecile Sam (‘12), the publication’s author and former Pullias Center member, received her PhD in Urban Education from the University of Southern […]

Pullias Center Exploration of Shared Equity Leadership with ACE to Continue with Support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

April 20, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News shared equity leadership adrianna kezar elizabeth holcombe equity and leadership racial equity

The American Council on Education (ACE), in collaboration with the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California (USC) is launching phase two of a multi-year research effort aimed at developing practice-based insights relative to Shared Equity Leadership in higher education. The continued work between the two organizations is being supported by a grant from the Arthur […]

New Paper Examines Individual, Institutional, and Cultural Factors that Shape Students’ College Experiences for Men of Color

April 20, 2021September 22, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News college success adrian huerta Men of Color racial equity

Empowering Men of Color in Higher Education: A Focus on Psychological, Social, and Cultural Factors provides examples of key findings related to psychological, social, and cultural factors contributing to enrollment and degree attainment issues for men of color in higher education. The paper encourages practitioners to pause and further recognize internal beliefs around men of color, as well as how […]

Pullias Center Continues Work Towards Improving Services and Support for Student Men of Color

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News college success adrian huerta Men of Color racial equity

Upcoming webinar planned for California State University teams as part of academic year project The next Men of Color webinar will be an invite-only event for teams across the CSU’s Student Services Network. Taking place on April 22, the research team at the Pullias Center, led by Adrian Huerta, USC Assistant Professor of Education, will address capacity-building and action plan […]

New Brief Examines Collegiate Experiences of Racially Minoritized Student Parents

March 30, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News student parents college success adrian huerta community college

The publication is one of a pair of briefs from UC Davis seeking to build broader understanding of the challenges student parents face in higher education. Like a Juggler: The Experiences of Racially Minoritized Student Parents in a California Community College provides findings from a large mixed-method study to explore how student parents navigated community college, received information, and made […]

New Pullias Center Brief Puts Focus on Reauthorization of Higher Education Act

March 26, 2021March 30, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News policymaking racial equity

Authors make the case that Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization could be used as a lever to promote anti-racism in higher education. The new brief “Centering Racial Justice in the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: A Roadmap for Legislators” builds on the Pullias Center for Higher Education’s 2017 report defining the HEA that offered three principles for reauthorization (equal […]

New Guide Offers a Toolkit to Facilitate Implementation of ‘Design for Equity in Higher Education’ Model

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Pullias News adrianna kezar delphi project kc culver racial equity

The publication is a companion piece to the recent report that introduced a new model that infuses equity-mindedness into design thinking for use in the higher education context. The new publication, Using Design for Equity in Higher Education For Liberatory Change: A Guide for Practice, is available now for download from The Pullias Center for Higher Education. It is a […]