Instead of dismissing black youth’s use of technology as “a waste of time,” educators should explore ways to cultivate and build on those skills, researchers argue. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Parents of teenagers today often complain their children are “addicted” to technology, spending too much time playing video games and watching YouTube videos. For black youth, such criticisms about […]
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? […]
The inaugural College Access in a Digital Era — a practitioner convening to address digital issues in the college access space — brought together about 100 stakeholders in the digital equity space for a stimulating day of keynote panels and interactive workshops on March 9, 2018, at LA84, near USC’s University Park Campus. Organized by the Digital Equity in Education […]
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 team of scholars and practitioners will use tech tools to help improve first-year retention rates at CSU Dominguez Hills. Can digital tools help students persist in college? A new project at the Pullias Center for Higher Education aims to find out. The ECMC Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to the Pullias Center to develop an online campaign to […]
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 […]
Drs. Zoe Corwin and William G. Tierney in the Pullias Center for Higher Education have been awarded a $300,000 grant from ECMC Foundation to address how digital tools can significantly impact service provision during the high stakes transition away from remedial education in the California State University system. Starting in January 2018, the Pullias Center – in an-ongoing partnership with the Get Schooled […]