PASS – Pullias Center

PASS Study Focuses on Student and Practitioner Wellness

By Ralitsa Todorova As well-being becomes an even greater concern for college youth, the Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project is directing more attention to student and practitioner wellness. The research team is developing innovative mixed methods approaches to better understand students’ experiences and practitioners’ responses. PASS scholars recently published a paper focused on job crafting, with an examination on how practitioner stress […]

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education Debuts New Website Dedicated to PASS Project

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Pullias News PASS project PASS college access

The Promoting At-Promise Student Success Project (PASS), a Pullias Center study funded by the Susan B. Thompson Foundation, now has its very own website at pass.pullias.usc.edu. Information about the study had previously been integrated into the Pullias Center’s website alongside dozens of current and prior research initiatives. “As the Pullias Center’s longest-running study, spanning more than half a decade and […]

Five Years In: Reflections on Studying a Comprehensive College Transition Program

May 27, 2020April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices PASS project PASS student success tslc

For the past five years, a team of Pullias Center researchers have been engaged in the Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project, a large mixed methods study of the Thompson Scholar Learning Community (TSLC) program at three of the University of Nebraska campuses. In addition to a five-year scholarship, the TSLC program provided two years of comprehensive support for approximately […]

Pullias Center Researchers Examine Student Engagement Through the Lens of Comprehensive College Transition Programs

May 27, 2020April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News PASS project PASS kc culver student success tslc

Comprehensive college transition programs (CCTP), which provide academic and social support for at-promise students as they transition to college and begin their academic journey, are gaining traction as a systematic approach to supporting the students’ learning, development, and college success. For the last 5 years, a team of researchers at the Pullias Center have been looking to gain a crucial […]

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

May 22, 2020April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News PASS project PASS elise swanson student success tatiana melguizo tslc

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 […]

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. […]

Reflections from the TSLC Scholars Team

October 15, 2019April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias Voices PASS project PASS adrianna kezar darnell cole ronn hallett tatiana melguizo tslc

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 […]

Pullias Center Research Spotlights Impact of Academic Validation on Comprehensive College Transition Programs

October 10, 2019April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News PASS project PASS joseph kitchen robert reason ronn hallett tslc

New research from The Pullias Center for Higher Education confirms that how comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) elements are implemented is more important than what elements are included within the support program. The findings highlight the crucial role that academic validation plays within CCTPs. Postsecondary institutions often create CCTPs to provide academic and social support for underserved students as they […]

Meet Pullias researchers at ASHE 2018

October 22, 2018April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin Awards, Events PASS project PASS adrian huerta aireale rodgers ashe christopher newman darnell cole david velasquez deborah e southern federick ngo gwendelyn rivera joseph kitchen jude paul matias dizon julie posselt liane hypolite michael lanford roman liera tatiana melguizo theresa e hernandez tslc william tierney

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 […]

Pullias is hiring: Postdoctoral scholar wanted to join innovative research team

July 18, 2018April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News PASS project PASS tslc

Are you passionate about improving college access and success for first-generation and low-income students? Would you like to be part of a close-knit team, using rigorous and innovative research methods to catalyze real-life innovations in education? Come work as a postdoctoral scholar at the Pullias Center for Higher Education, one of the world’s leading research centers on higher education with one-of-a-kind […]