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LBCC & USC Receive Nearly $1 Million for New Innovative Education Program for Gang-associated Youth

January 25, 2022February 9, 2022 College access, Projects, Pullias News pullias news adrian huerta

The LBCC Phoenix Scholars will be initiated thanks to U.S. Department of Education grant Long Beach City College (LBCC) and the University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education’s Pullias Center for Higher Education will receive $990,000 over the next three years from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to collaborate on a […]

Ecological Validation: Taking the Initiative to Create a Sense of Belonging

January 6, 2022January 7, 2022 College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News, Pullias Voices pullias news PASS project joseph kitchen

By Joseph Kitchen Before the pandemic, many of the typical learning experiences and programming opportunities offered at colleges and universities were simply platforms that enabled students to build connections, community, and belonging. While institutions commonly seek out programmatic and structural solutions to fostering belonging among students—such as first year seminars or a student activity center for instance—they should not lose […]

Proactive Outreach and Tailored Support: A Recipe for Student Success

January 5, 2022January 7, 2022 College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News, Pullias Voices pullias news PASS project joseph kitchen

By Joseph Kitchen Seeking out connections with students is at the core of another strategy my colleagues and I identified through the Promoting At-Promise Student Success project. Proactive advising outreach and tailored support may offer promising inroads to build relationships with students and foster a sense they are a part of a college community that cares about them and that they are an integral part of […]

Case Studies Highlight 2021 Delphi Award-Winning Programs to Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

December 14, 2021March 16, 2022 smacphee Awards, Pullias News pullias news delphi award delphi project

University of Denver and Worcester Polytechnic Institute detail their programs designed to improve pathways to tenure for adjunct faculty on their campuses. New publications that detail the Delphi Award-winning programs created and implemented by University of Denver and Worcester Polytechnic Institute are now available for free download on the Pullias Center’s website. Titled “Institutionalizing a Culture of Respect for Teaching […]

SEL: Changing Campus Culture to Support DEI

December 9, 2021 smacphee Shared Equity Leadership, Equity & Leadership, Pullias News, Pullias Voices Equity & Leadership pullias news shared equity leadership elizabeth holcombe

Postdoctoral Researcher Elizabeth Holcombe and Adrianna Kezar Detail How Shared-Equity Leadership Leads to DEI Support While colleges and universities have worked to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over the last several decades, campuses are still struggling to make meaningful change to their cultures in ways that truly embed DEI in everything they do. The role of leadership in facilitating […]

Shared Equity Leadership: Grad Students Share the Impact

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021 smacphee Shared Equity Leadership, Equity & Leadership, Pullias News, Pullias Voices Equity & Leadership pullias news shared equity leadership elizabeth holcombe

Key Members of the Pullias Team Share Their Experiences with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Shared Equity Leadership Three grad students at USC’s Rossier School of Education are key members of the team working on the Pullias Center and ACE’s Shared Equity Leadership (SEL) project. Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Jordan Harper and Natsumi Ueda bring their own experiences with diversity to […]

USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education Announces 2021 Delphi Award Winners

November 5, 2021November 10, 2021 Awards, Pullias News pullias news delphi award delphi project

University of Denver and Worcester Polytechnic Institute Selected for Prestigious Award for Their Work Transforming Support for Contingent Faculty The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, in partnership with the Association for American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) has selected two winners of the Delphi Award for 2021. The University of Denver […]

Pullias is Hiring Two Postdoctoral Scholars

October 26, 2021October 27, 2021 Pullias News Pullias jobs

Pullias is Hiring Two Postdoctoral Scholars: Postdoctoral Scholar for a Qualitative Study Leading College Transformation 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 assist research on its Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded research project, Refining Resources in Leadership Teams for Institutional Transformation. […]

Pullias Center Faculty Looks Forward to the 2021-2022 Academic Year

October 20, 2021 Pullias Voices pullias news Pullias Voices

The start of a new academic year brings hope and promise that the pandemic and its challenges are decreasing. Teaching classes and doing research over Zoom was not the direction any of us suspected the previous academic year to go, and yet educators and students alike managed to persevere and move forward with their educational work. The University of Southern […]

Posselt Named USC Graduate School Associate Dean

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 Pullias News pullias news julie posselt

Dr. Julie Posselt, Associate Professor of Higher Education in the USC Rossier School of Education and faculty member of the Pullias Center, has been named Associate Dean, USC Graduate School. The USC Graduate School’s mission is to promote an outstanding educational experience for USC graduate students, to celebrate graduate student achievements, and to provide leadership in the establishment and communication […]

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