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USC’s Pullias Center to Focus on Support Systems for Student Parents with New Grant from Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation

March 15, 2022March 18, 2022 smacphee Equity for Community College Students, College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News student parents adrian huerta community college equity

Community college student parents experience many struggles and challenges that contribute to being less likely to earn a college degree, credential or certificate, but are more likely to thrive with targeted institutional support systems. The Pullias Center will document the best practices for student parents with support from a grant provided by the Leonetti/O’Connell Family Foundation. The study will focus […]

Pullias Researchers Examine English Misalignment of Former English Learners in California Community Colleges

May 26, 2021 pulliasadmin Uncategorized AB705 community college tatiana melguizo

Lost Transitions: The Cost of Inter-sector Misalignment for English Learners in Community Colleges, a new brief from the Pullias Center examines findings from the center’s study of community college students with a native language other than English who built proficiency in English through special support in K-12 public schools. That study showed more than 70% of all college-ready students in […]

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 […]

New Book by Pullias Researcher Examines Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts Across Graduate STEM Education

October 9, 2020November 19, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News, STEM reform, Uncategorized julie posselt

Julie Posselt’s “Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education” reveals the subtle ways that exclusion and power operate in scientific organizations. “It is no revelation that culture change of some sort is needed in science, and so widespread is this awareness that more and more people want to be associated with contributing to positive […]

Pullias Center 25th Anniversary Reflections: William G. Tierney

January 15, 2020February 4, 2020 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices, Uncategorized Pullias 25 william tierney

William G. Tierney, University Professor Emeritus and the Founding Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California, shares his reflections on the center as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary. This is the first in a series of such reflections from key figures in the center’s past and present that will be shared throughout 2020. […]

Tatiana Melguizo: Let’s Make Math Equity in Higher Education a Reality

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias Voices, Uncategorized federick ngo math equity math pathways tatiana melguizo

A substantial majority of low-income, first-generation and racially-minoritized students begin their college journeys in community colleges. Rigorous empirical research nationwide has documented that a major road block for community college students to earn a certificate, an associate degree (AA), or transfer to a four-year college, is placement in developmental math and English courses. There is a plethora of research documenting […]

New Book: Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity

November 11, 2019 pulliasadmin Equity & Diversity, Pullias News, Uncategorized adrianna kezar books julie posselt

A new book, edited by the Pullias Center’s Adrianna Kezar and Julie Posselt, empowers all administrators in higher education to engage in their work with a clear commitment to justice, sensitivity to power and privilege, and capacity to facilitate equitable outcomes. Grounding administration for social justice as a matter of daily work, Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity: […]

Video Pairs Tony Hawk with Skateboarding Community in Support of Pullias Study

July 23, 2019July 29, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News, Uncategorized college access maria romero-morales neftalie williams skateboarding tattiya maruco zoe corwin

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk is joined by an impressive lineup of high-profile professional skateboarders in a new video that urges the skateboarding community to support a groundbreaking study of skateboard culture by taking the time to complete an online survey. The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education study in conjunction with Annenberg School for Communication is funded by the Tony […]