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New Report Addresses Challenges Faced by Black Students Related to Technology and College Access

The report calls out a need for renewed attention to developing digital literacy in a way that directly addresses the relationship between digital literacy and college knowledge Technology and College Access: Understanding the Unique Challenges and Opportunities Black Students Face is the first report generated from research funded by the one of five inaugural Pullas Center Equity Alumni Awards created […]

Zoe Corwin and Colleagues Earn Provost New Strategic Directions for Research Award for Further Exploration of Skateboarding Culture

October 26, 2020November 5, 2020 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News skateboarding zoe corwin

The new study will seek to document, understand, and share ways young people who are often relegated to the margins of society are finding community and supporting each other in challenging times. Zoe Corwin, Associate Professor of Research and lead researcher on a recent groundbreaking study at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Rossier School of Education Pullias Center that […]

New Research Demonstrates Success and Sketches Roadmap for Supporting and Engaging Generation Z in Higher Education through Digital Strategies

June 25, 2020June 26, 2020 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity, Pullias News college access and success digital equity transition programs zoe corwin

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 […]

Pullias Center Researchers Examine Student Engagement Through the Lens of Comprehensive College Transition Programs

May 27, 2020April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News PASS project PASS kc culver student success tslc

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 […]

Pullias Researchers Investigate Relationship Between Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Higher Education

May 22, 2020April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News PASS project PASS elise swanson student success tatiana melguizo tslc

States are increasingly tying postsecondary funding to easily quantifiable outcomes such as retention and graduation rates even as employers emphasize the importance of psychosocial skills. New research looks into whether psychosocial and academic outcomes move together in postsecondary organizations or whether they are competing goals. “Postsecondary institutions are being pulled in multiple, potentially competing, directions regarding the skills, knowledge, and […]

Pullias Center Team Keeps Focus on Empowering Men of Color

April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News adrian huerta Men of Color

The Men of Color study is going strong more than two years after receiving a grant to research best practices for improving college persistence and graduation rates for minority men. The Pullias Center news story announcing that a $300k grant from ECMC Foundation would be put towards the new Men of Color study ran in December 2018. It highlighted that […]

Groundbreaking Study Redefines Skateboarding Culture

February 26, 2020December 17, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Publications, Pullias News college access skateboarding zoe corwin

A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture reveals that skateboarding improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience. The study, conducted by the Pullias Center for Higher Education at USC’s Rossier School of Education and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, also showed that gender and race do matter within the skateboarding community. “Skateboarding is embedded in youth […]

New Research Papers Explore Integrated Programs Aimed at Supporting Underrepresented Student Success in STEM

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Math equity, Pullias News, STEM reform adrianna kezar elizabeth holcombe

Two new research papers from the Pullias Center for Higher Education uncover the role of collaboration and the importance of a unified community in successfully implementing integrated programs to support success in STEM. Integrated programs combine and align several interventions with the goal of countering the persistent underrepresentation of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented minority students among those who complete an […]

Pullias Center Research Spotlights Impact of Academic Validation on Comprehensive College Transition Programs

October 10, 2019April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News PASS project PASS joseph kitchen robert reason ronn hallett tslc

New research from The Pullias Center for Higher Education confirms that how comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) elements are implemented is more important than what elements are included within the support program. The findings highlight the crucial role that academic validation plays within CCTPs. Postsecondary institutions often create CCTPs to provide academic and social support for underserved students as they […]

Pullias Center’s ‘I AM’ Program Receives Additional Funding and Seeks Mentors

September 6, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News

The Pullias Center’s Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program has received two additional funding sources and is currently looking for mentors to participate. I AM is an action-based intensive mentoring model where University of Southern California faculty, staff, and graduate students guide underserved students, not participating in any other college outreach programs, through the college and financial aid application […]