Students who take math in the 12th grade improve their chances of enrolling and continuing in higher education, according to a new report by the Los Angeles Education Research Institute at UCLA. In partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the institute’s researchers followed the educational journeys of nearly 27,000 students beginning in the 11th grade. Those who took […]
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 […]
By Dwuana Bradley January 1, 2023 marked the beginning of my second year as a tenure-track faculty member and member of the Pullias Center. As a newly-minted member of USC’s faculty, with much of my research agenda centered on understanding educational barriers to inclusive access and excellence for Black students, this date subsequently led to a deep reflection on a […]
By John Slaughter Many higher education leaders and pundits are convinced that affirmative action in college and university admission practices will be on the chopping block as a result of the US. Supreme Court’s hearings on the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases before them. The plaintiffs, Students for Fair Admissions, have charged that, in their efforts to achieve […]
USC’s Pullias Center, UCLA SE&IS and UC Davis School of Education are recipients of grant aimed to support the development of a racial equity framework for Community College Baccalaureate Programs (CCBP) in California. Dr. Adrian H. Huerta of USC’s Pullias Center, along with UCLA SEIS’s Cecilia Rios-Aguilar and UC Davis’ Marcela Cuellar, have been awarded a $275,000 grant from the […]
By Ralitsa Todorova As well-being becomes an even greater concern for college youth, the Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) project is directing more attention to student and practitioner wellness. The research team is developing innovative mixed methods approaches to better understand students’ experiences and practitioners’ responses. PASS scholars recently published a paper focused on job crafting, with an examination on how practitioner stress […]
By Zoë Corwin A colleague recently forwarded me a news article from Nebraska’s Flatwater Free Press – They built a skate park in Nebraska’s poorest county. Then they watched Junior do something priceless. The article shares a beautiful story about the opening of skate park on the Omaha Reservation after community members garnered resources to construct the park after recognizing both the […]