Pullias faculty member Julie Posselt was quoted in Inside Higher Ed about the University of Pennsylvania philosophy program’s decision to drop its GRE requirement: Julie R. Posselt, assistant professor of higher education at the University of Southern California, is the author of Inside Graduate Admissions. She has urged departments to carefully consider whether they need testing, and whether they are using tests appropriately. […]
The initiative brings together USC Rossier and more than two dozen professional and academic organizations By Ross Brenneman Research shows that participation by underrepresented groups in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines plummets between undergraduate and graduate studies. A new project looks to take a comprehensive approach to addressing issues that hinder the participation and success of underrepresented students. […]
A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable faculty and administrators to bring holistic graduate admissions practices to six California universities. Read a few graduate school mission statements, and you’ll find the words “equity” and “diversity” pop up a lot. In fact, for many universities, equity and diversity have been explicit institutional goals for decades. Yet many graduate education […]
Pullias Center for Higher Education, formerly known as the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (2004) This report aims to improve graduate education for scholars of color and will highlight nine strategies used to diversify graduate education. Categories: Institutional Culture, Policymaking
