A new paper sheds light on how the educational initiative has affected urban high school students. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF The Common Core State Standards were developed with a lofty goal: “to ensure that all students have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life upon graduation from high school, regardless of where they live.” […]
Pullias Center researcher Tatiana Melguizo‘s research on the effect of affirmative action policies in higher education in Brazil was featured by Publica, a Portuguese-language agency of investigative journalism in Brazil, on Jan. 26, 2018: A outra pesquisa foi realizada pelo professor Wainer, da Unicamp, e por Tatiana Melguizo, professora associada da Escola de Educação Rossier, na Universidade do Sul da Califórnia. Ela também usa […]
Midterms and class presentations can stress out many college students, but some higher education aspirants have much heavier responsibilities on top of their coursework. Student-parents also often have to juggle jobs and childrearing duties — and many in this population have the additional challenges of coming from a low-income household, being a first-generation college student, or dealing with racial or […]
Los Angeles: Here’s your chance to meet Pullias’ Digital Equity in Education team members in person — and hear firsthand about what’s happening at the intersection of tech tools and digital access today. Join Pullias co-director William Tierney and Pullias researcher Zoë Corwin for an engaging conversation about their recently published book Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity! […]
Graduation rates, FAFSA completion rates, college admissions rates. Student success is often measured in hard numbers, yet many of these numbers bring up more questions than answers. Which intervention programs are effective at getting students to apply for financial aid or college admissions on time? How are high school graduation rates related to students’ perceived access to higher education opportunities? […]
A joint report by Pullias Center and Get Schooled provides a handy guide. Download: Full report (PDF) | Press release (Word) Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available and appropriate, especially for low-income students? A new report called “How is Technology Addressing […]
A new paper argues for a “Justice for All” approach that prepares students to advocate for democratic equity. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Should we prepare everyone to go to college? Or is it acceptable to prepare just some people for college, given that not all students have the desire, aptitude, or financial means to attain a degree? If social […]
A new paper shows higher education in India can exacerbate tensions of class and caste. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Although India outlawed the caste system in 1947, its legacy is far from over. Caste identity still affects all aspects of life — including university campus life — in India. In a new paper published in […]
When you have an important deadline, do you buckle down at your office computer? Or venture to a café with wifi, toting a laptop? Do you spell check? Share drafts with colleagues via Dropbox or Google docs? What if you had to do it all on your smartphone? And how would your work unfold if you didn’t have access to […]
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1,195,000 grant for a project to increase equity in graduate admissions to a team of researchers from USC, UC Davis, and UCLA. Serving as the project’s advisor and assessment lead is Assistant Professor Julie Posselt, researcher at USC Rossier’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and nationally-recognized expert on graduate admissions. Called Alliance […]