Professor Slaughter will receive the 2014 Reginald H. Jones Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor conferred by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) on October 15 in New York City. Read for more details on his career and the award. (10/2014)
Edited by William G. Tierney, Zoë B. Corwin, Tracy Fullerton, and Gisele Ragusa The college application process—which entails multiple forms, essays, test scores, and deadlines—can be intimidating. For students without substantial school and family support, the complexity of this process can become a barrier to access. William G. Tierney and his team at the University of Southern California approach this […]
The Pullias Center and DeVry Education Group recently hosted a seminar here to discuss issues pertaining to For-Profit Colleges and Universities and featured five papers with different perspectives on for-profits. The outcome of the meeting was the creation of a research agenda for studying for-profit institutions. Read the agenda here.
The Haynes Foundation awarded a grant to William Tierney and research assistant Michael Lanford for their 18-month project titled “An Analysis of Competency-based Education in Southern California.” The project’s intent is to better understand the multifaceted relationships among individuals in linked learning educational programs.
The New England Journal of Higher Education sat down with Adrianna Kezar and discussed the changing faculty in higher education. Read the entire interview here.
Adrianna Kezar was appointed a commissioner of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). She began her role in July 2014. For more details, read the story at USC Rossier News.
Pullias Research Assistant Antar Tichavakunda and Pullias co-director William G. Tierney wrote about the proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Read their thoughts published on the Huffington Post here.
Researchers aim to make college applications easier with games USA TODAY wrote an article on the collaboration between the Pullias Center and the Game Innovation Lab on FutureBound Games, a series of four different games to help introduce high school students to the college application process. Read more here.
Adrianna Kezar received a 3-year contract to evaluate a $4.6 million grant to further STEM student success. Read more about the CSU grant in the Long Beach Post.
The Pullias Center’s Zoë B. Corwin, along with the Game Innovation Lab’s Sean Bouchard and Foshay Learning Center teacher, Leslie Aaronson discuss the games piloted by Foshay students with KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez. Read or listen here.