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 […]
Join Pullias Center researchers at this year’s AERA conference: Advancing Critical Understandings of Community College Students Thursday, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (6:00 to 7:30am PDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby – Level 3, Columbus AB Session Type: Paper Session Advancing Mobility via California Community College Baccalaureate Degrees? Applying Critical Perspectives to Center Racial Equity Authors: Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, University […]
By Dwuana Bradley January 1, 2023 marked the beginning of my second year as a tenure-track faculty member and member of the Pullias Center. As a newly-minted member of USC’s faculty, with much of my research agenda centered on understanding educational barriers to inclusive access and excellence for Black students, this date subsequently led to a deep reflection on a […]
By Zoë Corwin A colleague recently forwarded me a news article from Nebraska’s Flatwater Free Press – They built a skate park in Nebraska’s poorest county. Then they watched Junior do something priceless. The article shares a beautiful story about the opening of skate park on the Omaha Reservation after community members garnered resources to construct the park after recognizing both the […]
The webinar will be facilitated by Pullias Center Alumni Award winners Raquel M. Rall (UC Riverside) and Antar Tichavakunda (UC Santa Barbara) who were awarded a Pullias Center 2022 Alumni Award to support racial equity-related research and projects. What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)? This oft-misunderstood theory has elicited strong responses and moral panic, with some researchers suggesting that CRT […]
Dominican University of California and Montgomery College, winners of the 2022 Delphi Award, detail their programs designed to support adjunct and non-tenure-track faculty in new case studies. New publications that detail the Delphi Award-winning programs created and implemented by Dominican University of California (Dominican) and Montgomery College (MC) are now available for free download on the Pullias Center’s website. Titled […]
Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2022 Thursday, November 17, 2:00 – 3:15pm, Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Sunset 5 Living in the World Together: Rethinking Quantitative Methods and Measurement Session Submission Type: Paper Session “Exploring the Measurement Properties of Short Well-Being Scales among College Students” Authors: Nick Bowman (University of Iowa), Shinji Katsumoto (University of Iowa), and Ralitsa Todorova (University of Southern California) Thursday, […]