A new paper reveals programs that show real-life relevance of STEM inspire more students to pursue STEM careers. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Pointing to the growing number of high-paying jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, educators have been working to encourage student interest in STEM careers. Now, a new paper reveals one powerful way to interest students in […]
An Award to Propel Action: The Delphi Project Offers a $15K Incentive to Inspire and Support Reform of Contingent Faculty Working Conditions Pullias Center co-director Adrianna Kezar was interviewed about the Delphi Project for Changing Faculty and Student Success and the project’s recently announced $15,000 Delphi Award. The Q&A was published in Majority Rule, the official blog of the New Faculty Majority, […]
Congratulations to Pullias research assistant Antar Tichavakunda, who successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on April 9, 2018! Titled “Black Engineering Students’ Experiences at a Historically White Institution,” Tichavakunda’s dissertation focuses an ethnographic lens on black undergraduates majoring in engineering and computer science at a selective, historically white institution. Tichavakunda conducted over 150 hours of participant observation and interviewed 77 percent […]
Pullias co-directors contribute essays to a provocative new collection on scholarship and advocacy. Should higher education scholars remain detached, data-focused researchers — or should they take action to advance social change? A new collection of essays, Taking It to the Streets: The Role of Scholarship in Advocacy and Advocacy in Scholarship (Johns Hopkins University Press, March 2018), delves into these and other […]
This blog post, authored by Pullias Center co-director Adrianna Kezar and research assistant Daniel Scott, was originally published in Higher Education Today, a blog by American Council on Education, April 18, 2018. As college and university presidents face a plethora of challenges, the need to address contingent faculty roles and related work policies is growing in urgency. The shift to non-tenure-track […]
Los Angeles: Here’s your chance to meet Pullias’ Digital Equity in Education team members in person — and hear firsthand about what’s happening at the intersection of tech tools and digital access today. Join Pullias co-director William Tierney and Pullias researcher Zoë Corwin for an engaging conversation about their recently published book Diversifying Digital Learning: Online Literacy and Educational Opportunity! […]
Graduation rates, FAFSA completion rates, college admissions rates. Student success is often measured in hard numbers, yet many of these numbers bring up more questions than answers. Which intervention programs are effective at getting students to apply for financial aid or college admissions on time? How are high school graduation rates related to students’ perceived access to higher education opportunities? […]
Pullias Center co-director Adrianna Kezar and research assistant Daniel Scott announced The Delphi Award on the American Council on Education’s Higher Education Today blog on April 5, 2018. Part of The Delphi Project on Changing Faculty and Student Success, the Delphi Award is designed to recognize campuses that have made changes to their policies and practices for college instruction, particularly […]
The inaugural College Access in a Digital Era — a practitioner convening to address digital issues in the college access space — brought together about 100 stakeholders in the digital equity space for a stimulating day of keynote panels and interactive workshops on March 9, 2018, at LA84, near USC’s University Park Campus. Organized by the Digital Equity in Education […]
We’re proud to announce Assistant Professor Julie Posselt, researcher at USC Rossier’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and nationally-recognized expert on graduate education, has been awarded the prestigious Early Career Award for 2018 by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Established to honor an individual in the early stages of his or her career no later than 10 years after […]