Sarita E. Brown, founding president of Excelencia in Education, gave the keynote at the 40th Pullias Lecture at USC on March 27, 2018. In her keynote, titled “Pursuing Equity in Higher Education Using a Latino Lens,” Brown said we need faculty and leaders who believe “in the capacity of the higher education section to be a gateway for equity in […]
Pullias researchers coedit a new book that advocates for bottom-up change. Available July 2018. Preorder from Stylus for a 30% discount with the code EPSPRE. What is the role of a public scholar? A new book proposes a new paradigm of public scholarship for our time, one that shifts from the notion of the public intellectual to the model of […]
Pullias Center Provost Postdoctoral Scholar Adrian Huerta‘s research on Latino men, gang-related issues, and inequalities in educational opportunities was featured in El Tiempo, a Spanish-language newspaper in Las Vegas, on March 22, 2018. Recientemente el investigador de University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, Dr. Adrián Huerta, ofreció una conferencia en la Universidad de Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) para hablar […]
Implementing Integrated Comprehensive Student Programs in STEM: Challenges and Facilitators from the CSU STEM Collaboratives This blog post, authored by Pullias Center research assistant Elizabeth Holcombe, was originally published in the ASCN Blog, March 21, 2018. In my last post, I described the benefits of integrated support programs for underrepresented students in STEM. These integrated programs bridge organizational silos and build a unified […]
How can universities support first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented minority STEM students? Collaborating between academic and student affairs can play an important role, according to a key study by Pullias researchers. This finding comes from a three-year, eight-campus study of the California State University (CSU) STEM Collaboratives project, funded by the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Elizabeth Holcombe, research assistant at Pullias Center, […]
A joint report by Pullias Center and Get Schooled provides a handy guide. Download: Full report (PDF) | Press release (Word) Many digital tools aimed at helping high school students move on to college have been developed in recent years. But which tools are readily available and appropriate, especially for low-income students? A new report called “How is Technology Addressing […]
A team of scholars and practitioners will use tech tools to help improve first-year retention rates at CSU Dominguez Hills. Can digital tools help students persist in college? A new project at the Pullias Center for Higher Education aims to find out. The ECMC Foundation has awarded a $300,000 grant to the Pullias Center to develop an online campaign to […]
A new paper argues for a “Justice for All” approach that prepares students to advocate for democratic equity. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Should we prepare everyone to go to college? Or is it acceptable to prepare just some people for college, given that not all students have the desire, aptitude, or financial means to attain a degree? If social […]
This op-ed, authored by Pullias Center co-director William G. Tierney, was originally published in University World News, March 2, 2018. As far as academic fêtes go, this one felt pretty run of the mill. It was 2014 at my institution, the University of Southern California (USC), and the event was an elaborate dinner to celebrate the unveiling of a statue […]
A new paper shows higher education in India can exacerbate tensions of class and caste. Abstract | Full article HTML | Full article PDF Although India outlawed the caste system in 1947, its legacy is far from over. Caste identity still affects all aspects of life — including university campus life — in India. In a new paper published in […]