This op-ed, authored by Pullias Center co-director William G. Tierney, was originally published in University World News on Dec. 7, 2018. What should be the stance of a university when one of its faculty calls for peaceful protest? In late 2014, two professors, Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kin-man, and Baptist minister Chu Yiu-ming called for a series of peaceful demonstrations […]
Pullias co-director Adrianna Kezar was quoted in The Christian Science Monitor about how colleges can adapt to a more diverse, “post-millennial” student population on campuses: School pride is strong on the suburban campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County – and not just because of a history-making basketball upset last year. UMBC, and its president, Freeman Hrabowski, have earned national recognition for their commitment to racial […]
USC Trojan Family highlights the work of Pullias Center research affiliate Neftalie Williams and collaborator on Skateboarding, Schools, and Society, a research project funded by the Tony Hawk Foundation led by Pullias faculty member Zoë B. Corwin A new study at USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education has [Pullias Center research associate Neftalie] Williams partnering with Zoe Corwin, research associate professor at the USC Rossier […]
This blog post by Pullias co-director Adrianna Kezar was originally published in the Faculty Guild’s blog on Nov. 28, 2018. Given that the mission of most colleges and universities is teaching and learning, one would assume a primary part of their culture would be professional development around teaching. But, teaching expertise has evolved to mean expertise in content – leaving pedagogy largely […]
The Cal-Bridge program, a National Science Foundation-project on which Pullias faculty member Julie Posselt serves as co-principal investigator, was featured in Diverse Issues in Higher Education: M. Katy Rodriguez Wimberly is well into her Ph.D. program in physics at the University of California Irvine, and she gives credit to participation in a bridge program that helps underrepresented minority students earn doctoral degrees […]
Recent works by Pullias researchers tackle college access in the digital age, support programs for STEM students and challenges for women leaders in higher education. Read the abstracts and excerpts for these papers and find out more about the projects that inspired them: Corwin, Z., & Maruco, T. J. (2018). Navigating the tension between scale and school context in digital […]
Watch live here. You are invited to attend the 41st Pullias Lecture featuring William G. Tierney, the founding director and current co-director of the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education! The lecture, titled “Higher Education for Democracy,” will take place on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at USC Town & Gown. Doors will open at 11 am. A complimentary buffet luncheon will […]
Pullias co-director Adrianna Kezar was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education about a new report she co-authored that explores what led to the University of Missouri’s 2015-16 racial crisis: Many campus leaders will simply create a task force and put together a report after a racial crisis because that’s what they believe will resolve the issues at hand, said Adrianna Kezar, a […]
Adrianna Kezar, a professor of higher education at the University of Southern California and co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, is the co-author of a new report released today that explores what led to the University of Missouri’s 2015-16 racial crisis and how the institution has since responded, offering recommendations to college and university leaders who strive to […]
Recent movies like mid90s, Minding the Gap and Skate Kitchen have highlighted the life-changing effect skateboarding and skate culture can have on youth. Now, a research project from the USC Pullias Center for Higher Education aims to pin down on a more concrete level the impact skateboarding has on young people—through a national survey of skateboarding youth. Launched Nov. 2, this […]