Events

Prestigious Lecture to be held on Thursday, March 28 at California Science Center in Los Angeles Top diversity, equity and inclusion scholars in higher education will come together to discuss the current challenging environment in higher education and offer their historical and policy insights into this issue at the 45th Pullias Lecture, set for Thursday, March 28 at 11am. The […]

How can leaders in undergraduate, graduate, and professional admissions use this moment to create more equitable systems? The recent Supreme Court rulings in SFFA vs. Harvard and SFFA vs. UNC have raised awareness among many that affirmative action was never a sufficient intervention for the myriad barriers to equity ingrained in typical selective admissions processes. The decisions, while disruptive and […]

Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2023 Thursday, November 2, 10:00 to 11:15am, Virtual Conference Day, Dakota Virtual Room The Complexity of Transformation: Opportunities and Tensions Session Submission Type: Paper Session (Virtual) When Data Doesn’t Do It: Developmental Education Reform in a Community College District Authors: Soumya Mishra, University of Southern California, Elif Asli Yucel, University of Southern California and Cheryl D. Ching, University of Massachusetts […]

On Sept 20th, the Embedding Wellness Collective will host Susie Crome from the Ben Raemers Foundation for a conversation entitled Skateboarding & Suicide Prevention: Standing Against Stigmas & Amplifying Assets. This talk is sponsored by the USC Collaboration Fund grant and will include skate industry experts from companies like Nike, Adidas, and Converse. Susie will highlight the transformational work the […]

Pullias Center and American Council on Education (ACE) join together for latest in the Shared Equity Leadership series Shared Equity Leadership is a leadership approach that scales diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work and creates culture change by connecting individual and organizational transformation. As leaders in higher education increasingly recognize the importance of prioritizing DEI on their campuses, so too […]

Annenberg School for Communications, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and USC Research and Innovation Co-host free USC dinner event on Friday, June 9 Researchers and scholars from four USC schools will come together to present key findings from “Mattering in the Margins” — a research study exploring connections among skateboarding, mental health and community — on Friday, June 9. […]

  A webinar series and discussion Join the National Academies and Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) in a collaborative exploration of NASEM’s latest report on Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations as well as IGEN’s newest research findings. Choose from March 28 or March 29. Both days will begin with a brief panel presentation from NASEM leaders and […]

Learn about successful innovations at two 2022 Delphi Award–winning institutions. This webinar will explore innovative practices and lessons learned from institutional change initiatives aimed at the equitable recognition and support of contingent faculty. Campus leaders from the Dominican University of California and Montgomery College, recipients of the 2022 Delphi Award, will discuss the policies, practices, and programs their institutions have put […]

The Pullias Lecture, an annual event hosted by the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the Rossier School of Education, will be held on Tuesday, March 21at 11:00am in USC’s Town & Gown Ballroom. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Shirley Malcom, Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The [...]

Join Pullias Center researchers at this year’s AERA conference:     Advancing Critical Understandings of Community College Students Thursday, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (6:00 to 7:30am PDT), Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby – Level 3, Columbus AB Session Type: Paper Session Advancing Mobility via California Community College Baccalaureate Degrees? Applying Critical Perspectives to Center Racial Equity Authors: Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, University […]

The webinar will be facilitated by Pullias Center Alumni Award winners Raquel M. Rall (UC Riverside) and Antar Tichavakunda (UC Santa Barbara) who were awarded a Pullias Center 2022 Alumni Award to support racial equity-related research and projects. What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)? This oft-misunderstood theory has elicited strong responses and moral panic, with some researchers suggesting that CRT […]

Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2022 Thursday, November 17, 2:00 – 3:15pm, Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Sunset 5 Living in the World Together: Rethinking Quantitative Methods and Measurement Session Submission Type: Paper Session “Exploring the Measurement Properties of Short Well-Being Scales among College Students” Authors: Nick Bowman (University of Iowa), Shinji Katsumoto (University of Iowa), and Ralitsa Todorova (University of Southern California) Thursday, […]

Dr. Slaughter, Dean’s Professor of Education and Engineering, Shares his Inspiring Story on Thursday, May 5 at USC Education and engineering pioneer and USC Professor Dr. John Brooks Slaughter will share his journey through education and engineering as part of USC Viterbi’s “Remarkable Trajectory” Speaker Series on Thursday, May 5 at 4pm. Dr. Slaughter’s lecture is open to all, both […]

Join the faculty, researchers and doctoral candidates of USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education presenting at the AERA annual meeting. Make your plans now to attend our sessions: Thursday, April 21, 2022 Disrupting Carceral Logics and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Thu, April 21, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDTFuture Selves: Exploring the Aspirations of Latino Boys From Two Continuation High SchoolsAuthors: Adrian H. Huerta and […]

On May 11, Pullias Center researchers Aireale J. Rodgers, Elise Swanson, Jordan Harper, and Zoë B. Corwin hosted a virtual poster session for students from the Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs (PASA) program at USC Rossier School of Education. While traditionally poster sessions are held at conferences, the Pullias Center team worked closely with the PASA […]

A bevy of researchers from the Pullias Center will be participating in presentations, panels, and sessions during the 2021 AERA Virtual Annual Meeting. Thursday, April 8, 2021 Division J – Section 2a Poster Session Thu, April 8, 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT (10:00 to 11:00am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 1 Poster Sessions Session Type: Poster Session College Pathways for […]

Pullias Center staff, researchers, associates, and alumni met up virtually to reminisce about the organization’s first quarter century while considering what lies ahead. The event was originally planned as an in-person affair that, like so many things in 2020, had to be rethought in the shadow of the coronavirus.  The resulting virtual gathering benefited from the digital nature of the […]

You are invited to attend the 42nd Pullias Lecture featuring Tia Brown McNair, Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe, Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa.  The Pullias Lectures are a signature event of the Pullias Center as well as for USC Rossier School […]

Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center, is participating in a special webinar titled “The Gig Academy and COVID-19: Implications for the Future” on June 9, 2020 at 9am PT (noon ET).   In the recently published book The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University, Adrianna Kezar and her co-authors describe and critique the restructuring of all academic labor […]

The Pullias Center is co-hosting a special webinar and discussion on Friday, May 1 at 10:30am-12:00pm PT/ 1:30pm-3:00pm ET. Featuring our own Julie Posselt and other panelists addressing recruitment and admissions challenges facing graduate education in light of COVID-19.  The panelists will present research and institutional responses that, together, highlight paths for administrators and faculty toward equitable enrollment management. The […]

MISSED THE EVENT?  CLICK HERE OR IMAGE BELOW TO STREAM A REPLAY OF THIS WEBINAR. The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education is co-sponsoring a free “Empowering Men of Color” webinar on Wednesday, February 19, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm pacific time. The event will provide participants an opportunity to learn strategies to best support and engage men of color in […]

The California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) is holding a series of workshops with the aim of improving how doctoral programs select and serve the next generation of scientists and engineers. C-CIDE is a network of faculty and administrators across UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Santa Barbara, and the University of Southern California. It is dedicated to creating a sustainable system […]

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. […]

Oct 25-27/2019/Orlando, Fl University of Central Florida Campus REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED The Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) and California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) will co-sponsor a 2.5 day workshop to prepare higher education change agents as facilitators of interactive workshops on holistic graduate admissions.  Applications are open immediately. Travel funding is available but limited. Why attend? Workshops [...]

by Ross Brenneman After a long and decorated career as a professor of higher education, William G. Tierney knows who he is, or at least who he wants to be. He’s not sure universities can say the same about themselves. In academic terms, Tierney is a USC University Professor, the Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at USC Rossier and co-director [...]

Watch live here. You are invited to attend the 41st Pullias Lecture featuring William G. Tierney, the founding director and current co-director of the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education! The lecture, titled “Higher Education for Democracy,” will take place on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at USC Town & Gown. Doors will open at 11 am. A complimentary buffet luncheon will […]

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 […]

Join the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education and the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) at USC Dornsife for an engaging talk featuring Lindsay C. Page, an assistant professor of research methodology at the School of Education and a research scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Page’s talk is titled “More […]

The AMIGA Forum---a 1.5 day event focused on holistic admissions for humanities faculty and administrators---will be held at UCLA’s Carnesale Commons, beginning at noon on Friday, October 19 and ending on Saturday, October 20 at 5:30pm. The Alliance for Multi-campus Inclusive Graduate Admissions is a Mellon Foundation-funded project that aims to encourage adoption of equitable and inclusive admissions practices in [...]

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! […]

Sarita E. Brown, founding president of Excelencia in Education, gave the keynote at the 40th Pullias Lecture at USC on March 27, 2018. In her keynote, titled “Pursuing Equity in Higher Education Using a Latino Lens,” Brown said we need faculty and leaders who believe “in the capacity of the higher education section to be a gateway for equity in […]

The annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association takes place April 13-17, 2018, in New York City, and researchers from the Pullias Center will be presenting on a wide variety of topics, from “Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education” to “Evaluating the Effects of a Game-Based Intervention on Free Application for Federal Student Aid Completion” to “The Evolution […]

The 40th Pullias Lecture — featuring keynote speaker Sarita E. Brown, the founding President of Excelencia in Education — happens Tuesday, March 27, 2018, on USC's University Park Campus. Dedicated to the memory of Earl V. Pullias, the Pullias Lecture brings to campus a nationally recognized scholar to enrich the ongoing academic dialogue on significant topics in higher and postsecondary education. [...]

Holistic Review Institute — a day-long event to explore the impact of holistic review in graduate admissions and higher education — happens Saturday, March 17, 2018, on USC's University Park Campus. Holistic review is an evidence-based practice for identifying talent and increasing diversity in higher education. In this institute, which will be led by nationally recognized experts Drs. Julie Posselt [...]

College Access in a Digital Era -- a practitioner convening to address digital issues in the college access space -- happens Friday, March 9, 2018, at LA84, near USC's University Park Campus. Featuring keynote panels and interactive workshops, this inaugural event brings together diverse stakeholders -- about 100 academics, practitioners, foundations, and nonprofits -- to highlight key concerns, share best [...]

We are co-sponsoring CSII’s California Bold Conference, a gathering with cross-sector leaders who defend, develop & deploy bold immigrant integration policies & movements—in CA & across the U.S.

Join us on March 27, 2018 with speaker, Sarita E. Brown, president of Excelencia in Education, a not-for-profit organization accelerating Latino success in higher education to serve Latino students. More details soon.

Join the faculty, researchers, and doctoral students of the Pullias Center for Higher Education presenting at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) this Fall. The meeting will take place from Thursday, November 9 to Saturday, November 11 in Houston, TX.

​ACE and the TIAA Institute will host a webinar on Sept. 28 at 1:00 pm EDT with college and university presidents and higher education scholars to learn about their perspectives on and reactions to the key findings of the American College President Study 2017 (ACPS). Adrianna Kezar, Professor and ​Co-Director of the Pullias Center, will be one of the speakers.

Our Center and Bringing Theory to Practice are sponsoring another Dialogue on Campus as Sanctuary event this Sept. 14, 2017. It will be at WPH 403 from Noon-2PM. More details on this flyer.

The forum will discuss innovative practices that have the most promise to improve affordability and access to those most in need of the value higher education can provide. The event will be on September 26, 2017 from 3:00-7:00PM at the University Club.

Join the Pullias Center presenting at the annual meeting of the AERA this spring. The meeting will take place from Thursday, April 27 to Monday, May 1, 2017 in San Antonio, TX. For more information, read the original invitation.