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Pullias Researchers Investigate Relationship Between Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Higher Education

States are increasingly tying postsecondary funding to easily quantifiable outcomes such as retention and graduation rates even as employers emphasize the importance of psychosocial skills. New research looks into whether psychosocial and academic outcomes move together in postsecondary organizations or whether they are competing goals. “Postsecondary institutions are being pulled in multiple, potentially competing, directions regarding the skills, knowledge, and […]

Increasing Student Success: Understanding the Impact of a Comprehensive College Transition Program

Tatiana Melguizo, Francisco (Paco) Martorell, Elise Swanson, & Adrianna Kezar (2020) This report summarizes the main findings of the Promoting At-Promise Student Success Project (PASS), formerly known as the Thompson Scholars Learning Communities (TSLC) Study. The project seeks to explore, document, and better understand whether the PASS program, a comprehensive college transition program at three University of Nebraska campuses, translates into […]

Meet Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2019

October 16, 2019April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin Events, Pullias News PASS project PASS adrian huerta adrianna kezar aireale rodgers daniel scott david velasquez elise swanson jonathan toccoli joseph kitchen jude paul matias dizon julie posselt kc culver lauren irwin liane hypolite robert reason roman liera ronald hallett theresa e hernandez tslc zoe corwin

The 44th annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education takes place Nov. 13-16, 2019, in Portland, Oregon. Pullias Center researchers and faculty will be presenting on a wide variety of topics from “Inclusion in Geosciences” to “Campus Law Enforcement.” As in prior years, the USC Rossier School of Education will host a reception at the conference. […]