For the past decade and a half my scholarship has been situated in the field of college access and success. Most recently I have been focused on the potential of games, gamification strategies, and social media to promote postsecondary opportunities for at-promise students. The Digital Equity in Education project at the Pullias Center has worked with schools, school districts, non-profits, […]
The research team behind the Beyond the Board study approached the project from a wide range of perspectives based on personal, professional and life experiences. Here is their take on the study that redefined skateboarding culture… Neftalie Williams: As an avid skateboarder and a scholar of skateboarding, it was incredible to be involved in this first of its kind study […]
A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture reveals that skateboarding improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience. The study, conducted by the Pullias Center for Higher Education at USC’s Rossier School of Education and USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, also showed that gender and race do matter within the skateboarding community. “Skateboarding is embedded in youth […]
Miki Vuckovich is the Executive Director of the Tony Hawk Foundation, which provided a generous grant to fund the Pullias Center’s “Skateboarding, Schools, and Society” research. A lifelong skateboarder who met Tony Hawk at their local skatepark when they were teens, Vuckovich believes in the power of skateboarding to introduce youth to the joy and benefits of a healthy active […]
When 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, deliver the 42nd Pullias Lecture at USC on September 15, 2020 (register now), the topic will be “Advancing Racial Equity through Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) […]
The Delphi Award consists of two $15,000 awards given to two new recipients each year to recognize noteworthy efforts to support non-tenure-track faculty. The Pullias Center for Higher Education in partnership with the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) today opened applications for the 2020 Delphi Award. The $15,000 cash award is given annually to two individuals or groups who […]
The Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting took place recently in Washington, D.C. and included a session with winners of the 2019 Delphi Award from Santa Monica College and Penn State. The event was moderated by Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center, and Ashley Finley, Senior Advisor to the President and Vice President of Strategic Planning and […]
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 […]
Adrianna Kezar, Dean’s Professor of Leadership and Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, has been named the new Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at USC Rossier. Kezar will be installed as holder of the endowed professorship—the highest academic award that a university can bestow on a faculty member—on a date still to be determined. Read the full story […]
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 […]