“Mommy, do I have to go to college?” While the question itself stopped me in my tracks, what surprised me even more was how much I hesitated before answering my 9-year-old daughter. On the one hand, it should have been an easy “yes.” For starters, we are a family steeped in higher education. Both of my parents, who were first […]
The vast majority of the Pullias Center for Higher Education’s research and reports are dedicated to equity among groups that have experienced oppression in our society. In awareness of recent events and growing support for addressing issues of racial equity, the Pullias Center has created a new webpage that highlights research and resources from the center and its faculty. These […]
The University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education, one of the world’s leading research centers on higher education, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to collaborate on a research partnership project for the Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI). The postdoctoral scholar will work in collaboration with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Loyola Marymount University School of […]
The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education’s partnership with Get Schooled studied digital strategies for improving college access and success among senior-year high school and first year college students from minoritized backgrounds. Findings, insights, and recommendations from two multi-year studies are now available across a newly-released research report and pair of research briefs. Within the last decade, the college access […]
Three years ago, the University of Missouri invited the American Council on Education (ACE) to study what led to the university’s 2015-16 racial crisis and how the institution responded. A new report highlights the progress and initiatives the University has since implemented to navigate and heal racial tensions on-campus, providing useful insight for campuses looking to address issues of racial […]
You are invited to attend the 42nd Pullias Lecture featuring Tia Brown McNair, Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe, Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa. The Pullias Lectures are a signature event of the Pullias Center as well as for USC Rossier School […]
Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center, is participating in a special webinar titled “The Gig Academy and COVID-19: Implications for the Future” on June 9, 2020 at 9am PT (noon ET). In the recently published book The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University, Adrianna Kezar and her co-authors describe and critique the restructuring of all academic labor […]
As a research center committed to addressing issues of equity in higher education, we express our solidarity with protesters across the country who are demanding justice in the senseless slayings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop, and Tony McDade. We stand against police violence and brutality. We recognize these horrific killings are the continued manifestation of the system […]
For the past five years, a team of Pullias Center researchers have been engaged in the Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project, a large mixed methods study of the Thompson Scholar Learning Community (TSLC) program at three of the University of Nebraska campuses. In addition to a five-year scholarship, the TSLC program provided two years of comprehensive support for approximately […]
Comprehensive college transition programs (CCTP), which provide academic and social support for at-promise students as they transition to college and begin their academic journey, are gaining traction as a systematic approach to supporting the students’ learning, development, and college success. For the last 5 years, a team of researchers at the Pullias Center have been looking to gain a crucial […]