digital equity – Pullias Center

New Research Demonstrates Success and Sketches Roadmap for Supporting and Engaging Generation Z in Higher Education through Digital Strategies

The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education’s partnership with Get Schooled studied digital strategies for improving college access and success among senior-year high school and first year college students from minoritized backgrounds. Findings, insights, and recommendations from two multi-year studies are now available across a newly-released research report and pair of research briefs. Within the last decade, the college access […]

Improving College Access Through Digital Tools

Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019) Our Digital Equity in Education project at USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education started with a simple question: Could we make the process of applying to college and for financial aid more engaging? Our research shows that digital tools have the potential to improve college access and success. We’ve identified effective strategies for […]

Charge On Award Recipient Makes Inspiring Decision

July 15, 2019July 29, 2019 College access, Digital equity, Pullias News college access digital equity maria romero-morales pullias zoe corwin

Student turns good fortune into selfless act How this college student spent her Charge On! award money is quite surprising and undeniably heartwarming. Evelyn was awarded a $1,000 prize for her participation in an innovative research project conducted by USC Pullias Center for Higher Education, the non-profit Get Schooled, and California State University, Dominguez Hills. She could have spent her […]

Zoë B. Corwin on KPCC and LAist: Can This Social Game Keep Struggling Students In College?

April 19, 2019February 11, 2020 pulliasadmin Digital equity, Pullias Voices digital equity zoe corwin

Pullias Center researchers debuted an innovative digital initiative to bolster first-year persistence at California State University, Dominguez Hills last fall. Called Charge On!, the social campaign is now starting to get initial data—and received coverage on KPCC and LAist, with quotes from Pullias faculty member Zoë B. Corwin, the lead researcher on this project: Charge On reached a milestone last week. On […]

Zoë B. Corwin in Education Dive: How colleges are using gamification to engage students

March 5, 2019 pulliasadmin Digital equity, Pullias Voices digital equity zoe corwin

Colleges and universities are using gamification to engage Gen Z students, and the Pullias Center is at the forefront of this innovative trend. Today, Education Dive featured the Charge On campaign, a digital effort conceived by the Pullias Center’s Digital Equity in Education team and the nonprofit GetSchooled to decrease summer melt and improve first-year persistence rates at California State University, […]

New research: Digital college guidance, STEM support programs, women leaders in higher ed

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 pulliasadmin Academic governance & change, College access, Digital equity, Equity & Diversity, Publications, STEM reform adrianna kezar digital equity elizabeth holcombe marissiko wheaton stem stem reform tattiya maruco zoe corwin

Recent works by Pullias researchers tackle college access in the digital age, support programs for STEM students and challenges for women leaders in higher education. Read the abstracts and excerpts for these papers and find out more about the projects that inspired them: Corwin, Z., & Maruco, T. J. (2018). Navigating the tension between scale and school context in digital […]

College-going culture in a digital era

September 25, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity digital equity zoe corwin

A new report shows what high schools can do to encourage students to pursue college aspirations. High schools today have a unique challenge: to equip students with the knowledge and tools they need to prepare for, apply to and enroll in college—all while proving them with digital resources and skills essential for the 21st century. To help high schools best […]

Gamifying the college experience

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity digital equity zoe corwin

Pullias Center researchers debut an innovative digital initiative to bolster first-year persistence at CSU Dominguez Hills. Incoming students at California State University Dominguez Hills have an extra incentive to stay in school this year: a chance to earn fun and useful prizes. A new campaign called Toros Charge On rewards students for taking small actions to learn about successful college-going […]

Rethinking the digital divide

August 21, 2018August 21, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity, Equity & Diversity Antar Tichavakunda digital equity william tierney

Instead of dismissing black youth’s use of technology as “a waste of time,” educators should explore ways to cultivate and build on those skills, researchers argue. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Parents of teenagers today often complain their children are “addicted” to technology, spending too much time playing video games and watching YouTube videos. For black youth, such criticisms about […]

College-Going Culture in a Digital Era: Strategies for Schools

Pullias Center for Higher Education (2018) High schools today have a unique challenge: to equip students with the knowledge and tools they need to prepare for, apply to and enroll in college—all while proving them with digital resources and skills essential for the 21st century. This guide by the Pullias Center’s Digital Equity in Education team provides a general overview of what a […]