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Four Pullias Center research assistants awarded research grants

Congratulations to Pullias research assistants Arely Acuña Avilez, Lauren Irwin, Aireale Joi Rodgers and Deborah E. Southern, recipients of Rossier Research Office Internal Research Grants! Below are the titles and abstracts of the research papers the grants will support. Arely Acuña Avilez: Undocumented Student Organizations: Navigating the Sociopolitical Context in Higher Education Though largely understudied, research shows that peer groups and […]

Applications open for 2019 Delphi Award

February 19, 2019July 8, 2019 pulliasadmin Awards, Changing faculty adrianna kezar daniel scott delphi project

Two awards of $15,000 each recognize noteworthy efforts to support non-tenure-track faculty. The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the USC Rossier School of Education today opened applications for the 2019 Delphi Award. The $15,000 cash award is given annually to two individuals or groups who have worked to support adjunct, contingent and non-tenure-track faculty in promoting student success. “Although non-tenure-track faculty […]

New project aims to improve programs for male students of color

December 13, 2018April 16, 2020 pulliasadmin Awards, College access, Equity & Diversity adrian huerta Men of Color william tierney

A $300K grant from ECMC Foundation will support a study of best practices to improve college persistence and graduation rates for minority men For several decades, men have been earning far fewer college degrees than women. Men are less likely to enroll in or graduate from college—and for men of color, this trend has been especially alarming. In the California […]

Meet Pullias researchers at ASHE 2018

October 22, 2018April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin Awards, Events PASS project PASS adrian huerta aireale rodgers ashe christopher newman darnell cole david velasquez deborah e southern federick ngo gwendelyn rivera joseph kitchen jude paul matias dizon julie posselt liane hypolite michael lanford roman liera tatiana melguizo theresa e hernandez tslc william tierney

The 43rd annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education takes place Nov. 14-17, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. This year’s event is particularly special for the Pullias Center because Pullias Center co-director William G. Tierney will be honored with the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award! In addition, researchers from the Pullias Center will be presenting on a […]

Pullias co-director William G. Tierney wins ASHE Distinguished Career Award

October 17, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards ashe william tierney

William G. Tierney, co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, has been awarded the prestigious Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award for 2018 by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). Established to honor an individual “whose professional life has been devoted in substantial part to the study of higher education and whose career has significantly advanced the field through extraordinary […]

Pullias Center names winners of $15k Delphi Award

October 16, 2018February 8, 2019 pulliasadmin Awards adrianna kezar delphi project

Harper College and CSU Dominguez Hills selected for innovative approaches to support adjunct faculty in promoting student success The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the USC Rossier School of Education today announced two winners of the Delphi Award. Harper College and California State University, Dominguez Hills will each receive $15,000 cash awards to continue their work to support adjunct, contingent and [...]

New grant to allow study of how L.A. students learn math

October 15, 2018October 29, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards, College access, Equity & Diversity, Math equity, STEM reform math pathways stem tatiana melguizo

Tatiana Melguizo will join a team of education researchers and practitioners to investigate students’ educational pathways from middle school to college. Are middle school students placed in honors math more likely to declare STEM majors in college? Do specific high school math courses help struggling students successfully transition to college-level math? Is a high school student who takes financial algebra […]

Five Pullias Center research assistants awarded research grants

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards, College access, Equity & Diversity jude paul matias dizon liane hypolite marissiko wheaton suneal kolluri w edward chi

Congratulations to Pullias research assistants W. Edward Chi, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Liane Hypolite, Suneal Kolluri and Marissiko M. Wheaton, recipients of Rossier Research Office Internal Research Grants! Below are the titles and abstracts of the research papers the grants will support. W. Edward Chi: School Accountability and Postsecondary Student Outcomes School Accountability and Postsecondary Student Outcomes consists of two essays that assess the postsecondary […]

Changing the face of STEM PhD programs

October 3, 2018October 3, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards, College access, Equity & Diversity julie posselt stem stem reform

Pullias’ Julie Posselt leads research in 24-campus effort to increase diversity in physics and astronomy A new $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation aims to dramatically increase diversity in physics and astronomy. Called the Cal-Bridge program, the project creates a pathway for students from underrepresented groups at 15 California State University campuses to PhD programs in physics and astronomy at nine […]

Network forms to bolster equity in STEM graduate education

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards, Equity & Diversity, STEM reform graduate admissions graduate education julie posselt stem

The initiative brings together USC Rossier and more than two dozen professional and academic organizations By Ross Brenneman Research shows that participation by underrepresented groups in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines plummets between undergraduate and graduate studies. A new project looks to take a comprehensive approach to addressing issues that hinder the participation and success of underrepresented students. […]