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William G. Tierney in the Los Angeles Times: As Max Nikias pushed USC to prominence, checks and balances were missing

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 pulliasadmin Academic governance & change, Pullias Voices william tierney

This op-ed, authored by Pullias Center co-director William G. Tierney, was originally published in The Los Angeles Times on May 28, 2018. Scandal has hit the University of Southern California like a hurricane, a perfect academic storm. Such tempests are on the rise in higher education, and universities need to reckon with the conditions that are causing them. Similar forces damaged Penn […]

Theresa E. Hernandez in The Huffington Post: Abolish standardized testing for college admissions

May 23, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias Voices graduate admissions theresa e hernandez

This op-ed, authored by Theresa E. Hernandez, a research assistant at the Pullias Center, was originally published in The Huffington Post on May 22, 2018. A new study from the National Association for College Admission Counseling provides evidence that test-optional policies ― a variety of policies that allow students not to submit scores on standardized tests like the SAT or GRE […]

How to give non-tenure-track faculty the support they need

May 22, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Publications adrianna kezar delphi project tom depaola

Two new studies address the challenges faced by growing numbers of contingent faculty. They go by many titles. Adjunct professor, postdoctoral fellow, assistant lecturer, part-time instructor, researcher — The list goes on. All these titles make it difficult to gather comprehensive data about faculty, which in turn makes it difficult to see, let alone address, the challenges many of these […]

How to gamify the college application process

May 18, 2018May 30, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity carlos galan digital equity latinx zoe corwin

Pullias researcher Zoë B. Corwin explains how tech tools can help bridge the college access gap. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In fact, try it a few times through a role-playing game first -- so that when it comes time to take action in real life, you've already learned from your mistakes and know how to [...]

Congratulations to new USC Rossier graduates from the Pullias Center

May 14, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards Antar Tichavakunda carlos galan elizabeth holcombe james dean ward

Congratulations to the four members of the USC Pullias Center of Higher Education who participated in the USC Rossier graduation ceremonies last weekend! Three Pullias research assistants — Elizabeth Holcombe, Antar A. Tichavakunda, and James Dean Ward — were among the the 334 students honored in the doctoral hooding ceremony on May 11. Tichavakunda was the recipient of the USC […]

Two Pullias research assistants awarded dissertation fellowships

May 8, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards elizabeth park w edward chi

Congratulations to Pullias research assistants Elizabeth Park and W. Edward Chi, recipients of dissertation fellowships for the 2018-19 school year! Elizabeth Park was awarded the Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, given by the Haynes Foundation to support dissertation projects that address economic, social, policy or political problems of the Los Angeles area. She will use the grant funds to pursue […]

Julie Posselt in Inside Higher Ed: Graduate programs need to rethink use of standardized admissions tests

May 7, 2018March 21, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias Voices graduate admissions julie posselt

This op-ed — authored by Julie Posselt, Pullias Center researcher and assistant professor of higher education at University of Southern California, and Casey W. Miller, associate dean for research and faculty affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology — was originally published in Inside Higher Ed on May 7, 2018. This week several admissions experts, through the National Association for College Admission […]

Does the Common Core prepare marginalized students for college?

May 3, 2018June 21, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Publications suneal kolluri

A new paper sheds light on how the educational initiative has affected urban high school students. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF The Common Core State Standards were developed with a lofty goal: “to ensure that all students have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life upon graduation from high school, regardless of where they live.” […]

Tatiana Melguizo in Publica: Affirmative Action in universities in Brazil

May 1, 2018May 30, 2018 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias Voices tatiana melguizo

Pullias Center researcher Tatiana Melguizo‘s research on the effect of affirmative action policies in higher education in Brazil was featured by Publica, a Portuguese-language agency of investigative journalism in Brazil, on Jan. 26, 2018: A outra pesquisa foi realizada pelo professor Wainer, da Unicamp, e por Tatiana Melguizo, professora associada da Escola de Educação Rossier, na Universidade do Sul da Califórnia. Ela também usa […]

New grant to allow study of Latinx student-parents in community colleges

May 1, 2018August 13, 2018 pulliasadmin Awards, College access, Equity & Diversity adrian huerta community college latinx

Midterms and class presentations can stress out many college students, but some higher education aspirants have much heavier responsibilities on top of their coursework. Student-parents also often have to juggle jobs and childrearing duties — and many in this population have the additional challenges of coming from a low-income household, being a first-generation college student, or dealing with racial or […]