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Pullias Center Faculty Have High Hopes, and a Few Suggestions, for the Incoming Biden-Harris Administration

November 16, 2020November 17, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices

As the Biden-Harris administration heads to Washington DC, many across the higher education landscape are turning thoughts towards what the first priorities on President Biden and Vice President Harris’ education agenda will be. In the past, President Biden has been a tireless advocate for public education while Vice President Harris’ is an HBCU graduate and has expressed her unwavering priority […]

Elections and Activism

November 11, 2020November 16, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices, Uncategorized

Adrianna Kezar, Pullias Center Director, shares her perspective on this pivotal election It’s November and hopefully you voted on or before Election Day and encouraged others to do so. The stakes for this current election could not have been higher, particularly as it relates to issues of racial justice and equity, but also xenophobia, global sustainability, health and safety of […]

Pullias Center 25th Anniversary Reflection: Vasti Torres

November 11, 2020 Pullias Voices Pullias 25

Vasti Torres, Ph.D. Professor at Indiana University, Editor for the Journal of College Student Development, current AERA Division J Vice President, and colleague of the Pullias Center, reflects on the Center’s 25th Anniversary in this ninth of a series of essays marking the occasion. In reflecting on the role that research centers serve within the higher education scholarly community, the first things […]

Pullias Center 25th Anniversary Reflections: Carlos A. Galan

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices Pullias 25

Carlos A. Galan, Academic Advisor at Yours in Soccer Foundation, PhD student in Higher Administration and Policy at UC Riverside, and a former colleague of the Pullias Center of Higher Education, reflects on the Center’s 25th Anniversary in this eight of a series of essays marking the occasion. It is not easy to put into words what the Pullias Center […]

The Asterisk Year: Grades, Admissions, and Equity in a Pandemic

October 14, 2020October 21, 2020 Pullias Voices julie posselt stem stem reform

Julie Posselt, Theresa Hernandez, Deborah Southern, and Steve Desir from the Pullias Center and Fatima Alleyne from University of California, Berkeley, share their collective perspective on a year that continues to defy description. Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Challenging. Difficult. Unusual. Our emails remind us daily that these times are like none other. 2020 gets an asterisk, and we are only half way […]

Transcript: Dr. John Slaughter Issues Call to Action for Racial Justice and Equity in Engineering

October 6, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices john slaughter racial equity

The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by Dr. John Slaughter, Pullias Center faculty member, at the 2020 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting on October 5, 2020. I wish to express my appreciation to President John Anderson and to Percy Pierre, Chair of the Racial Justice and Equity Committee, for inviting me to deliver the Special Lecture […]

Pullias Center 25th Anniversary Reflections: Kristen Renn

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Pullias Voices Kristen Renn Pullias 25

Kristen Renn, currently a Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for Student Success Research at Michigan State University, and a former colleague of the Pullias Center of Higher Education, reflects on the Pullias Center’s 25th Anniversary in this seventh of a series of essays marking the occasion. Like many other readers of […]

Dr. Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe: Higher Ed for What?

September 4, 2020September 8, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices Pullias Voices equity pullias lecture

“Mommy, do I have to go to college?” While the question itself stopped me in my tracks, what surprised me even more was how much I hesitated before answering my 9-year-old daughter. On the one hand, it should have been an easy “yes.” For starters, we are a family steeped in higher education. Both of my parents, who were first […]

Adrianna Kezar: Let’s All Get Into Some Good Trouble

August 4, 2020August 10, 2020 Pullias Voices

Adrianna Kezar is a Dean’ s Professor of Leadership, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at the Rossier School of Education, and the current Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education. Welcome back for what will likely be one of the more challenging fall semesters in higher education! Campuses are working out plans to open in-person, to convert to online-only, […]

Pullias Center 25th Anniversary Reflections: James T. Minor

July 27, 2020August 3, 2020 Pullias Voices Pullias 25

James T. Minor, current Senior Strategist for Academic Success and Inclusive Excellence at the California State University, Chancellor’s Office, and a former research associate at the Pullias Center of Higher Education reflects on the Pullias Center’s 25th Anniversary in this sixth of a series of essays marking the occasion. Nearly twenty years ago I interviewed for a postdoctoral position in […]