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Pullias Researchers Examine English Misalignment of Former English Learners in California Community Colleges

Lost Transitions: The Cost of Inter-sector Misalignment for English Learners in Community Colleges, a new brief from the Pullias Center examines findings from the center’s study of community college students with a native language other than English who built proficiency in English through special support in K-12 public schools. That study showed more than 70% of all college-ready students in […]

Tatiana Melguizo: Charting a Path Away from Developmental Education Starts in California

January 21, 2021 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias Voices AB705 math equity student success tatiana melguizo

The Pullias Center’s Tatiana Melguizo discusses her research team’s dive into California’s historic AB705 legislation and why community colleges across the country should pay attention. The California community college system has had to deal with two major developments in the past two years. First, the state passed Assembly Bill 705 (AB705), which required colleges to place students directly in transfer-level […]

The Equity Cost of Inter-Sector Math Misalignment: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Community College Student Outcomes

Federick Ngo and Tatiana Melguizo (2020) A new study explores the equity cost of math misalignment by examining whether it is especially detrimental for these college-ready students to begin college in developmental math courses. Researchers summarize results from a study on the experience of inter-sector math misalignment (ISMM), when students who were deemed “college-ready” by high school standards were placed in […]

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 […]

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 […]

USC Pullias Center Awarded Nearly $400k by Spencer Foundation to Research AB705 Implementation at LACCD Colleges

January 21, 2020 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias News math pathways tatiana melguizo

The Pullias Center for Higher Education has been awarded an approximately $400k Spencer Foundation grant. The grant will fund the “Examining Implementation of a State Mandate to End Remediation in Community Colleges: A Research-Practitioner Partnership” project over 2.5 years. The goal of this project is to examine how Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) colleges are implementing the major structural […]

Tatiana Melguizo: Let’s Make Math Equity in Higher Education a Reality

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias Voices, Uncategorized federick ngo math equity math pathways tatiana melguizo

A substantial majority of low-income, first-generation and racially-minoritized students begin their college journeys in community colleges. Rigorous empirical research nationwide has documented that a major road block for community college students to earn a certificate, an associate degree (AA), or transfer to a four-year college, is placement in developmental math and English courses. There is a plethora of research documenting […]

Math Equity Convening Tackles Tough Questions Around AB705 Implementation

January 14, 2020January 19, 2020 pulliasadmin Math equity, Pullias News AB705 math equity math pathways tatiana melguizo

In December, 2019, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners gathered at the University of Southern California for a full-day Math Equity Convening hosted by The Pullias Center for Higher Education and facilitated by the center’s own Dr. Tatiana Melguizo to discuss developmental education policies in Los Angeles community colleges and how colleges can successfully adapt to the new demands of AB705 governing […]

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 […]

Tatiana Melguizo serves on national committee on developmental math

May 1, 2019September 17, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Math equity math pathways tatiana melguizo

Pullias Center faculty member Tatiana Melguizo is lending her expertise to a national committee with the goal to help students succeed in post-secondary math courses. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine named Melguizo to a committee to plan and conduct a public workshop for stakeholders in math education titled Increasing Success in Developmental Mathematics. As a part of […]