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Pullias Center Exploration of Shared Equity Leadership with ACE to Continue with Support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

The American Council on Education (ACE), in collaboration with the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California (USC) is launching phase two of a multi-year research effort aimed at developing practice-based insights relative to Shared Equity Leadership in higher education. The continued work between the two organizations is being supported by a grant from the Arthur […]

New Paper Examines Individual, Institutional, and Cultural Factors that Shape Students’ College Experiences for Men of Color

April 20, 2021September 22, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News college success adrian huerta Men of Color racial equity

Empowering Men of Color in Higher Education: A Focus on Psychological, Social, and Cultural Factors provides examples of key findings related to psychological, social, and cultural factors contributing to enrollment and degree attainment issues for men of color in higher education. The paper encourages practitioners to pause and further recognize internal beliefs around men of color, as well as how […]

Pullias Center Continues Work Towards Improving Services and Support for Student Men of Color

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News college success adrian huerta Men of Color racial equity

Upcoming webinar planned for California State University teams as part of academic year project The next Men of Color webinar will be an invite-only event for teams across the CSU’s Student Services Network. Taking place on April 22, the research team at the Pullias Center, led by Adrian Huerta, USC Assistant Professor of Education, will address capacity-building and action plan […]

PASS Project Researchers Discuss Collaborative Design Study at AERA Annual Conference

April 12, 2021April 19, 2021 Pullias News PASS project college success aera student success tslc

Representatives from the Pullias Center, the University of Nebraska, and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation participated in a special Division J Vice Presidential Session at the annual gathering to discuss their research methods. The Promoting At-Promise Student Success Project (PASS), formerly known as the Thompson Scholars Learning Communities (TSLC) Study, is a multi-year, mixed methods study conducted by the Pullis […]

New Brief Examines Collegiate Experiences of Racially Minoritized Student Parents

March 30, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News student parents college success adrian huerta community college

The publication is one of a pair of briefs from UC Davis seeking to build broader understanding of the challenges student parents face in higher education. Like a Juggler: The Experiences of Racially Minoritized Student Parents in a California Community College provides findings from a large mixed-method study to explore how student parents navigated community college, received information, and made […]

New Pullias Center Brief Puts Focus on Reauthorization of Higher Education Act

March 26, 2021March 30, 2021 pulliasadmin Pullias News policymaking racial equity

Authors make the case that Higher Education Act (HEA) reauthorization could be used as a lever to promote anti-racism in higher education. The new brief “Centering Racial Justice in the Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: A Roadmap for Legislators” builds on the Pullias Center for Higher Education’s 2017 report defining the HEA that offered three principles for reauthorization (equal […]

New Guide Offers a Toolkit to Facilitate Implementation of ‘Design for Equity in Higher Education’ Model

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Pullias News adrianna kezar delphi project kc culver racial equity

The publication is a companion piece to the recent report that introduced a new model that infuses equity-mindedness into design thinking for use in the higher education context. The new publication, Using Design for Equity in Higher Education For Liberatory Change: A Guide for Practice, is available now for download from The Pullias Center for Higher Education. It is a […]

New Report Addresses Challenges Faced by Black Students Related to Technology and College Access

March 25, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News equity alumni award racial equity technology

The report calls out a need for renewed attention to developing digital literacy in a way that directly addresses the relationship between digital literacy and college knowledge Technology and College Access: Understanding the Unique Challenges and Opportunities Black Students Face is the first report generated from research funded by the one of five inaugural Pullas Center Equity Alumni Awards created […]

Pullias Center Researchers at AERA 2021

March 25, 2021April 12, 2023 pulliasadmin Events, Pullias News aera

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 […]

New Paper Suggests Equity Leadership is Everyone’s Work

March 25, 2021April 20, 2021 pulliasadmin Equity & Diversity, Pullias News shared equity leadership adrianna kezar elizabeth holcombe equity and leadership jude paul matias dizon racial equity

The work of improving equity outcomes of students of color is at its most effective when leadership teams across campus take collective responsibility in developing and moving the diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda forward, according to a new research paper authored by the American Council for Education (ACE) and the Pullias Center for Higher Education. The paper, “Shared Equity Leadership: […]

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