Vasti Torres, Ph.D. Professor at Indiana University, Editor for the Journal of College Student Development, current AERA Division J Vice President, and colleague of the Pullias Center, reflects on the Center’s 25th Anniversary in this ninth of a series of essays marking the occasion. In reflecting on the role that research centers serve within the higher education scholarly community, the first things […]
The new study will seek to document, understand, and share ways young people who are often relegated to the margins of society are finding community and supporting each other in challenging times. Zoe Corwin, Associate Professor of Research and lead researcher on a recent groundbreaking study at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Rossier School of Education Pullias Center that […]
Carlos A. Galan, Academic Advisor at Yours in Soccer Foundation, PhD student in Higher Administration and Policy at UC Riverside, and a former colleague of the Pullias Center of Higher Education, reflects on the Center’s 25th Anniversary in this eight of a series of essays marking the occasion. It is not easy to put into words what the Pullias Center […]
A recent event for California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) created an opportunity for teams from six campuses to learn from each other how to change current admission policies and practices to address racial and gender inequalities in STEM PhD programs. C-CIDE, a National Science Foundation-funded network of doctoral-granting universities and member departments, aims to improve how graduate programs […]
A new report written by Pullias Center researchers tackles the institutionalization of policing in higher education campus safety and management. By providing administrators with important perspectives, key takeaways, reflective questions, and specific recommendations, Campus Policing: A Guide for Higher Education Leaders acts as a guide for higher education leaders looking to proactively respond to issues of policing and racism on […]
Julie Posselt, Theresa Hernandez, Deborah Southern, and Steve Desir from the Pullias Center and Fatima Alleyne from University of California, Berkeley, share their collective perspective on a year that continues to defy description. Unprecedented. Extraordinary. Challenging. Difficult. Unusual. Our emails remind us daily that these times are like none other. 2020 gets an asterisk, and we are only half way […]
Louisiana State University and Northcentral University detail the paths they took to improve working conditions and professional development for adjunct faculty on their campuses. Titled “Inclusive Faculty Development at Louisiana State University” and “Supporting Adjuncts from a Distance: Adjuncts as Subject Matter Experts & Values Members of the Northcentral University Community,” these new publications highlight the recent successful efforts these […]
Julie Posselt’s “Equity in Science: Representation, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change in Graduate Education” reveals the subtle ways that exclusion and power operate in scientific organizations. “It is no revelation that culture change of some sort is needed in science, and so widespread is this awareness that more and more people want to be associated with contributing to positive […]
The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by Dr. John Slaughter, Pullias Center faculty member, at the 2020 National Academy of Engineering Annual Meeting on October 5, 2020. I wish to express my appreciation to President John Anderson and to Percy Pierre, Chair of the Racial Justice and Equity Committee, for inviting me to deliver the Special Lecture […]
The Pullias Center for Higher Education introduces a new series, Higher Ed Conversations in Black. Each issue will feature invited contributors sharing short, searing, and lyrical commentary with an aim toward helping higher education become a more supportive and equitable environment for all. The commentary is meant to both evoke new conversations and offer novel perspectives on existing issues that plague higher education.
“Now, more than ever, it is necessary to highlight and purposely center the notes, musings, and opinions of Black thought leaders and scholars in higher education,” notes Jordan Harper, the Pullias Center Research Assistant who created the project and is editor of the premiere issue. “They provide a unique and compelling perspective about the postsecondary education system that is informed by their positionalities in higher education and society.”
The premiere edition is available to read now and will be followed by future issues every two months starting December 2020. Higher Ed Conversations in Black is inspired by Ed Gordon’s book Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership.
(10/1 Update) – Click here to read more about Jordan Harper and Higher Ed Conversations in Black in the Daily Trojan