There has been much discussion about the disparate impact COVID-19 has had on communities of color and other marginalized populations. This reaches into higher education where struggles for racial equity had already taken a toll before the pandemic arrived. In Dr. Gail Christopher’s plenary speech at the Association of American Colleges and Universities TRHT Institute earlier this summer, she describes […]
Teams from Louisiana State University and Northcentral University to be honored for innovative support of adjunct faculty in promoting student success. The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education has selected two winners of the Delphi Award for 2020. Louisiana State University and Northcentral University will each receive $15,000 cash awards to […]
One of the topics that Dr. Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe, Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer at University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM), will touch upon during her featured presentation at the 42nd Pullias Lecture on September 15, 2020, is settler colonialism. Her native Hawai’i stands in many ways as an example of the impacts of settler colonialism and Dr. Lipe leads a team […]
Kristen Renn, currently a Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education and the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for Student Success Research at Michigan State University, and a former colleague of the Pullias Center of Higher Education, reflects on the Pullias Center’s 25th Anniversary in this seventh of a series of essays marking the occasion. Like many other readers of […]
“Mommy, do I have to go to college?” While the question itself stopped me in my tracks, what surprised me even more was how much I hesitated before answering my 9-year-old daughter. On the one hand, it should have been an easy “yes.” For starters, we are a family steeped in higher education. Both of my parents, who were first […]
Adrianna Kezar is a Dean’ s Professor of Leadership, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at the Rossier School of Education, and the current Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education. Welcome back for what will likely be one of the more challenging fall semesters in higher education! Campuses are working out plans to open in-person, to convert to online-only, […]
James T. Minor, current Senior Strategist for Academic Success and Inclusive Excellence at the California State University, Chancellor’s Office, and a former research associate at the Pullias Center of Higher Education reflects on the Pullias Center’s 25th Anniversary in this sixth of a series of essays marking the occasion. Nearly twenty years ago I interviewed for a postdoctoral position in […]
The vast majority of the Pullias Center for Higher Education’s research and reports are dedicated to equity among groups that have experienced oppression in our society. In awareness of recent events and growing support for addressing issues of racial equity, the Pullias Center has created a new webpage that highlights research and resources from the center and its faculty. These […]
The University of Southern California’s Pullias Center for Higher Education, one of the world’s leading research centers on higher education, is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to collaborate on a research partnership project for the Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI). The postdoctoral scholar will work in collaboration with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, Loyola Marymount University School of […]
The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education’s partnership with Get Schooled studied digital strategies for improving college access and success among senior-year high school and first year college students from minoritized backgrounds. Findings, insights, and recommendations from two multi-year studies are now available across a newly-released research report and pair of research briefs. Within the last decade, the college access […]