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Suneal Kolluri in The Washington Post: Seven things research reveals — and doesn’t — about Advanced Placement

July 20, 2018August 14, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias Voices advanced placement suneal kolluri

This op-ed, authored by Pullias Center research assistant Suneal Kolluri, was originally published in The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet on July 19, 2018. The Advanced Placement program is engaged in a tenuous balancing act. The program aims to serve more students from marginalized backgrounds whose schooling experiences have exposed them to few rigorous learning opportunities. At the same time, it seeks to […]

Pullias is hiring: Postdoctoral scholar wanted to join innovative research team

July 18, 2018April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News PASS project PASS tslc

Are you passionate about improving college access and success for first-generation and low-income students? Would you like to be part of a close-knit team, using rigorous and innovative research methods to catalyze real-life innovations in education? Come work as a postdoctoral scholar at the Pullias Center for Higher Education, one of the world’s leading research centers on higher education with one-of-a-kind […]

I AM program mentors L.A. students to pursue higher ed dreams

July 17, 2018August 6, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Projects carlos galan christine rocha i am

Ten years ago, Carlos Galan was a 17-year-old at Belmont High School, struggling to learn English after moving from El Salvador to the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. This fall, Galan will be a PhD candidate in higher education administration and policy at University of California, Riverside. Much of his education success, Galan says, is thanks to a mentor. […]

In grad school admissions, whom you know still matters a lot

June 27, 2018August 6, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity graduate admissions julie posselt

A study finds graduate admissions committees favor students linked to well-known schools and scholars. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF How can you get into a top graduate school program? Good grades and GRE scores help, but the prestige of your recommenders or undergraduate institution might end up being the ultimate clincher. So finds Julie Posselt, a Pullias Center researcher and assistant […]

Julie Posselt’s book ‘Inside Graduate Admissions’ reviewed in Contexts

June 15, 2018March 21, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias Voices graduate admissions julie posselt

Pullias faculty member Julie Posselt received yet another rave review for her book, Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Admissions, and Faculty Gatekeeping (Harvard University Press, 2016). Just published in the Spring 2018 issue of Contexts, a quarterly magazine of cutting-edge social research, the review by Northwestern University’s Lauren A. Rivera calls Inside Graduate Admissions “an enthralling read”: Inside Graduate Admissions is […]

Can community colleges improve graduation rates without marginalizing disadvantaged students?

June 14, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin College access tatiana melguizo w edward chi

Should community colleges with higher graduation rates get rewarded with more state funding? Or would such a plan unfairly hurt schools that serve large populations of disadvantaged students? How can we balance efficiency — moving students speedily and successfully through their education goals — with equity — making sure all students are given the support they need to succeed in […]

James Dean Ward and William G. Tierney: Brown’s plan for community colleges will harm disadvantaged students

June 12, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias Voices james dean ward william tierney

California’s lawmakers reached an agreement on education funding last Friday, and a key part of the deal is a plan to tie the state funding community colleges receive to measures of student success. In this op-ed, Pullias research assistant James Dean Ward and Pullias co-director William G. Tierney make an urgent argument against the funding changes. ___ In his State […]

Theresa E. Hernandez in The Huffington Post: Abolish standardized testing for college admissions

May 23, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias Voices graduate admissions theresa e hernandez

This op-ed, authored by Theresa E. Hernandez, a research assistant at the Pullias Center, was originally published in The Huffington Post on May 22, 2018. A new study from the National Association for College Admission Counseling provides evidence that test-optional policies ― a variety of policies that allow students not to submit scores on standardized tests like the SAT or GRE […]

How to gamify the college application process

May 18, 2018May 30, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity carlos galan digital equity latinx zoe corwin

Pullias researcher Zoë B. Corwin explains how tech tools can help bridge the college access gap. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In fact, try it a few times through a role-playing game first -- so that when it comes time to take action in real life, you've already learned from your mistakes and know how to [...]

Julie Posselt in Inside Higher Ed: Graduate programs need to rethink use of standardized admissions tests

May 7, 2018March 21, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias Voices graduate admissions julie posselt

This op-ed — authored by Julie Posselt, Pullias Center researcher and assistant professor of higher education at University of Southern California, and Casey W. Miller, associate dean for research and faculty affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology — was originally published in Inside Higher Ed on May 7, 2018. This week several admissions experts, through the National Association for College Admission […]