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USC Pullias Center for Higher Education Hosts Special Video Screening, Dinner and Panel Discussion Highlighting Key Findings from the USC Skate Study

Annenberg School for Communications, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and USC Research and Innovation Co-host free USC dinner event on Friday, June 9 Researchers and scholars from four USC schools will come together to present key findings from “Mattering in the Margins” — a research study exploring connections among skateboarding, mental health and community — on Friday, June 9. […]

Pullias and PASS Team Hosts National Summit Focused on Postsecondary Success for At-Promise Students

May 10, 2023 smacphee College access, Pullias News pullias news PASS project zoe corwin

More than 60 thought-leaders, policy experts, foundation leaders, researchers and practitioners convened last week at the Pullias Center’s “National Summit on Transformative Efforts to Support the Postsecondary Success of At-promise Students.” The summit was organized and led by researchers from the Pullias Center’s Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project, and supported by a grant from the Susan T. Buffet Foundation. […]

Developing and Supporting Students’ STEM Career Aspirations

May 8, 2023May 10, 2023 smacphee College access, Pullias News, STEM reform College Access & Success pullias news joseph kitchen stem

Inspiring the next generation of talent to pursue careers in STEM is a national policy objective, an economic imperative, and an opportunity for students to pursue fulfilling, well-paying careers that meaningfully help solve pressing issues affecting our communities. In support of these aims, Pullias’ Joseph Kitchen has partnered with colleagues at Harvard’s Science Education Department as part of a nationwide […]

An Ecological Approach to Career Development in College

May 8, 2023May 9, 2023 smacphee College access, Pullias News College Access & Success PASS project joseph kitchen

Higher education is costly — and it also requires a great deal of time and sacrifice for many students. College educators owe it to students to ensure that they are getting the support they need to make this investment well-worth it. More needs to be done to support students’ career development during the college years to fully realize the promise […]

Equity in Graduate Education: Organizing for Equity

March 31, 2023April 5, 2023 smacphee College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News pullias news julie posselt racial equity

“The Equity in Graduate Education Consortium has helped me to expand my connections with scholars and practitioners committed to positively influencing equity-based systemic change within graduate education. It is an invaluable community of thought and action partners who provide me with mutual mentoring opportunities having immediate and meaningful implications to my work within and beyond Cornell.” — Sara Xayarath Hernandez […]

New Report Examines Impact of Basic Needs Assistance to Community College Students

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 smacphee Equity for Community College Students, College access, Pullias News Soumya Mishra Equity for Community College Students pullias news tatiana melguizo

USC’s Pullias Center and Sol Price Center for Social Innovation report provides timely evidence that additional funds help students achieve academic goals A new report from USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation suggests that when high-need community college students are provided with additional financial aid, they have stronger academic outcomes than their […]

Racial Equity in Community College Baccalaureate Programs

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 smacphee Equity for Community College Students, College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News Equity for Community College Students pullias news adrian huerta

Here’s a bold idea: offer community college students the opportunity to learn a trade and earn a bachelor’s degree — all with community college accessibility and tuition rates. Furthermore, ensure that students from all walks of life have access to the programs across the state with a focus on racial equity in academic and labor market outcomes. That’s exactly what [...]

Gangs, College and Research-to-Practice

February 6, 2023March 3, 2023 smacphee Equity for Community College Students, College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News Equity for Community College Students pullias news adrian huerta

In 2019, Adrian H. Huerta started a bold new project: Explore the educational pathways for former gang members and how they achieved college success. Starting with in-depth interviews with 37 former gang members who have completed associate to doctoral degrees, this work is helping to uncover the potential of a community — gang-affiliated youth — that is often deemed unworthy [...]

What Do Logics Have To Do With It?

February 3, 2023February 7, 2023 smacphee College access, Math equity, Pullias News pullias news tatiana melguizo

By Cheryl Ching, University of Massachusetts, Boston For some time now, researchers — including those on our team — have shown that developmental education (DE) courses are generally ineffective, inefficient, and inequitable, especially for Black and brown students. To the authors and advocates of California Assembly Bill 705 (AB705), this research was convincing; they cited it to motivate the policy [...]

Taking 12th Grade Math Opens Doors to Higher Education, Research Finds

January 31, 2023September 18, 2023 smacphee College access, Math equity, Pullias News pullias news tatiana melguizo

Students who take math in the 12th grade improve their chances of enrolling and continuing in higher education, according to a new report by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA. In partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the institute’s researchers followed the educational journeys of nearly 27,000 students beginning in the 11th grade. Those who took […]