How to gamify the college application process

Pullias researcher Zoë B. Corwin explains how tech tools can help bridge the college access gap. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In fact, try it a few times through a role-playing game first -- so that when it comes time to take action in real life, you've already learned from your mistakes and know how to [...]
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Diversifying Digital Learning book signing in L.A. — April 23, 2018

Los Angeles: Here’s your chance to meet Pullias’ Digital Equity in Education team members in person — and hear firsthand about what’s happening at the intersection of tech tools and digital access today. Join Pullias co-director William Tierney and Pullias researcher Zoë Corwin for an engaging conversation about their recently published book Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity! […]

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Can better data improve college access and opportunity?

Graduation rates, FAFSA completion rates, college admissions rates. Student success is often measured in hard numbers, yet many of these numbers bring up more questions than answers. Which intervention programs are effective at getting students to apply for financial aid or college admissions on time? How are high school graduation rates related to students’ perceived access to higher education opportunities? […]

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College Access in a Digital Era: Games, videos, and resources

The inaugural College Access in a Digital Era — a practitioner convening to address digital issues in the college access space — brought together about 100 stakeholders in the digital equity space for a stimulating day of keynote panels and interactive workshops on March 9, 2018, at LA84, near USC’s University Park Campus. Organized by the Digital Equity in Education […]

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Which digital tools help students pursue higher education?

A joint report by Pullias Center and Get Schooled provides a handy guide. Download: Full report (PDF) | Press release (Word) Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available and appropriate, especially for low-income students? A new report called “How is Technology Addressing […]

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How is Technology Addressing the College Access Challenge?: A Review of the Landscape, Opportunities, and Gaps

Pullias Center for Higher Education and Get Schooled (2018) Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available and appropriate, especially for low-income students? This report offers a handy list, with descriptions of available tools. Created by USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and […]

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Pullias Center earns $300K grant to develop college retention campaign

A team of scholars and practitioners will use tech tools to help improve first-year retention rates at CSU Dominguez Hills. Can digital tools help students persist in college? A new project at the Pullias Center for Higher Education aims to find out. The ECMC Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to the Pullias Center to develop an online campaign to […]

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Zoë Corwin: Why Digital Equality Matters

When you have an important deadline, do you buckle down at your office computer? Or venture to a café with wifi, toting a laptop? Do you spell check? Share drafts with colleagues via Dropbox or Google docs? What if you had to do it all on your smartphone? And how would your work unfold if you didn’t have access to […]

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Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity

New book by Pullias researchers tackles digital equity in education. Technology is often touted as a tool that provides more open access to education, but a persistent digital divide marginalizes youths from underserved communities, according to a new book edited by Pullias Center researchers. Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity, to be published Feb. 1, 2018, by Johns […]

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