In 2018, USC Associate Professor Julie Posselt saw a pressing need for a scalable, sustainable system for faculty to learn about basic issues of inequality and justice in graduate education. Posselt believed this type of system was necessary for advancing racial equity and diversity, and could serve as a catalyst for systemic and cultural change in doctoral education. Soon, the California […]
One focus of the successful California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) pilot has been equipping faculty with resources to manage political, motivational, and time costs associated with changing admissions. The project organizes change-ready faculty into a community of practice; provides research, training, and tools in equity-minded holistic review; and facilitates structured discussions that can be delicate for departments to […]
A recent event for California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) created an opportunity for teams from six campuses to learn from each other how to change current admission policies and practices to address racial and gender inequalities in STEM PhD programs. C-CIDE, a National Science Foundation-funded network of doctoral-granting universities and member departments, aims to improve how graduate programs […]
The Pullias Center is co-hosting a special webinar and discussion on Friday, May 1 at 10:30am-12:00pm PT/ 1:30pm-3:00pm ET. Featuring our own Julie Posselt and other panelists addressing recruitment and admissions challenges facing graduate education in light of COVID-19. The panelists will present research and institutional responses that, together, highlight paths for administrators and faculty toward equitable enrollment management. The […]
Change comes slowly in higher education, or so the best theory and evidence say. Yet there are exceptions to every rule, and exogenous shocks such as protests, wars, natural disasters and, as we are now seeing, a global pandemic can compel decisive, transformational changes that colleges, universities, and their members would otherwise resist. Will disruptions and uncertainties of COVID-19 catalyze […]
The California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) is holding a series of workshops with the aim of improving how doctoral programs select and serve the next generation of scientists and engineers. C-CIDE is a network of faculty and administrators across UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California. It is dedicated to creating a sustainable system […]