One of the most significant challenges facing colleges and universities remains how to increase success among the more diverse populations of students transitioning into higher education. First generation, low income, and racially minoritized students are entering college campuses at a higher rate than ever before. Yet the completion rates of these three categories remain significantly behind traditional student populations. The […]
Two Pullias Center faculty members were featured in a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education about race-conscious admissions at colleges and universities. Julie Posselt, an assistant professor of higher education at the USC Rossier School of Education, and Darnell Cole, an associate professor of education at USC Rossier, both spoke at the University of Southern California’s Admissions, Race and Identity conference. […]
The 43rd annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education takes place Nov. 14-17, 2018, in Tampa, Fla. This year’s event is particularly special for the Pullias Center because Pullias Center co-director William G. Tierney will be honored with the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award! In addition, researchers from the Pullias Center will be presenting on a […]
A new paper illustrates the benefits of a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative and quantitative tools. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Higher education research often gets divided into two categories: qualitative research that relies on more subjective methods like interviews and focus groups, and the numbers-based quantitative research that relies on surveys and measurable records. Combining the two methods still […]
The annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association takes place April 13-17, 2018, in New York City, and researchers from the Pullias Center will be presenting on a wide variety of topics, from “Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education” to “Evaluating the Effects of a Game-Based Intervention on Free Application for Federal Student Aid Completion” to “The Evolution […]
Drs. Kezar, Cole, Melguizo, and Venegas awarded the largest private grant in the school’s history. The mixed methods examination of the Thompson Scholars Learning Communities (TSLC) at the University of Nebraska is funded by the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. Read the story at USC Rossier News.