A webinar series and discussion Join the National Academies and Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) in a collaborative exploration of NASEM’s latest report on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations as well as IGEN’s newest research findings. Choose from March 28 or March 29. Both days will begin with a brief panel presentation from NASEM leaders and […]
Learn about successful innovations at two 2022 Delphi Award–winning institutions. This webinar will explore innovative practices and lessons learned from institutional change initiatives aimed at the equitable recognition and support of contingent faculty. Campus leaders from the Dominican University of California and Montgomery College, recipients of the 2022 Delphi Award, will discuss the policies, practices, and programs their institutions have put […]
Join Pullias Center researchers at this year’s AERA conference: Advancing Critical Understandings of Community College Students Thursday, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (6:00 to 7:30am PDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby – Level 3, Columbus AB Session Type: Paper Session Advancing Mobility via California Community College Baccalaureate Degrees? Applying Critical Perspectives to Center Racial Equity Authors: Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, University […]
By John Slaughter Many higher education leaders and pundits are convinced that affirmative action in college and university admission practices will be on the chopping block as a result of the US. Supreme Court’s hearings on the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases before them. The plaintiffs, Students for Fair Admissions, have charged that, in their efforts to achieve […]
USC’s Pullias Center, UCLA SE&IS and UC Davis School of Education are recipients of grant aimed to support the development of a racial equity framework for Community College Baccalaureate Programs (CCBP) in California. Dr. Adrian H. Huerta of USC’s Pullias Center, along with UCLA SEIS’s Cecilia Rios-Aguilar and UC Davis’ Marcela Cuellar, have been awarded a $275,000 grant from the […]
By Ralitsa Todorova As well-being becomes an even greater concern for college youth, the Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project is directing more attention to student and practitioner wellness. The research team is developing innovative mixed methods approaches to better understand students’ experiences and practitioners’ responses. PASS scholars recently published a paper focused on job crafting, with an examination on how practitioner stress […]
By Zoë Corwin A colleague recently forwarded me a news article from Nebraska’s Flatwater Free Press – They built a skate park in Nebraska’s poorest county. Then they watched Junior do something priceless. The article shares a beautiful story about the opening of skate park on the Omaha Reservation after community members garnered resources to construct the park after recognizing both the […]
Non-STEM and STEM math tracks to be studied at LACCD’s Pierce College with a goal of advancing opportunity and equity in STEM participation at community colleges. As community colleges around the country move toward eliminating developmental education, students are increasingly eligible to take a college-level Statistics/Liberal Arts Math (SLAM) OR Business and Science Technology, Engineering and Math (BSTEM) course. This […]
Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2022 Thursday, November 17, 2:00 – 3:15pm, Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Sunset 5 Living in the World Together: Rethinking Quantitative Methods and Measurement Session Submission Type: Paper Session “Exploring the Measurement Properties of Short Well-Being Scales among College Students” Authors: Nick Bowman (University of Iowa), Shinji Katsumoto (University of Iowa), and Ralitsa Todorova (University of Southern California) Thursday, […]
Dr. Adrian H. Huerta, Assistant Professor at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and the USC Rossier School of Education, has been awarded the prestigious Early Career Award for 2022 by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). The Award was established to recognize an individual whose work embodies “an emerging, significant, and potential for the future of a […]