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Pullias Center Research Spotlights Impact of Academic Validation on Comprehensive College Transition Programs

October 10, 2019April 12, 2021 pulliasadmin College access, Equity & Diversity, Pullias News PASS project PASS joseph kitchen robert reason ronn hallett tslc

New research from The Pullias Center for Higher Education confirms that how comprehensive college transition program (CCTP) elements are implemented is more important than what elements are included within the support program. The findings highlight the crucial role that academic validation plays within CCTPs. Postsecondary institutions often create CCTPs to provide academic and social support for underserved students as they […]

New Report Creates Groundbreaking Framework for Supporting Diverse Student Populations in Higher Education

October 3, 2019 pulliasadmin Academic governance & change, Equity & Diversity, Publications, Pullias News ACE adrianna kezar student success

A new report from USC Pullias Center for Higher Education and the American Council on Education (ACE) presents an innovative approach for higher education institutions to better support students from diverse backgrounds. “Creating a Diverse Student Success Infrastructure: The Key to Catalyzing Cultural Change for Today’s Student” discusses how colleges and universities can fulfill a student success agenda through the […]

Pullias Center Announces Winners of Delphi Awards

September 11, 2019December 17, 2019 pulliasadmin Awards, Changing faculty, Pullias News adrianna kezar delphi project

Teams from Penn State University and Santa Monica College to be honored for innovative support of adjunct faculty in promoting student success The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education has selected two winners of the Delphi Award for 2019. Collaborative teams from the Penn State University of four year-institutions, and the […]

Pullias Center’s ‘I AM’ Program Receives Additional Funding and Seeks Mentors

September 6, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Pullias News

The Pullias Center’s Increasing Access via Mentoring (I AM) program has received two additional funding sources and is currently looking for mentors to participate. I AM is an action-based intensive mentoring model where University of Southern California faculty, staff, and graduate students guide underserved students, not participating in any other college outreach programs, through the college and financial aid application […]

Pullias Center Awarded Nearly $1M of National Science Foundation Grant

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Pullias News, STEM reform

The Pullias Center for Higher Education was awarded an approximately $3M combined National Science Foundation IUSE Grant in collaboration with the Association of American Colleges and Universities over 5 years, with nearly $1m of that targeted for the Pullias Center. The grant will fund the “Scaling Support for Non-tenure Track STEM Faculty through Learning Communities and Design Teams” project. The […]

New ‘State of the Faculty’ Report Shines a Light on Faculty Trends and Issues

August 28, 2019December 17, 2019 pulliasadmin Changing faculty, Publications, Pullias News adrianna kezar delphi project

The “State of the Faculty” report from the Pullias Center for Higher Education is now available. The report’s authors explore the issues and trends that have affected faculty in the United States. The goal of the report is to provide a snapshot from varied sources about the state of the profession. “This report draws from important sources of data, like […]

Dr. Kezar Facilitates ‘Building Leadership Capacity’ Workshop in Denver

August 14, 2019December 17, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity, Pullias News, STEM reform adrianna kezar

Adrianna Kezar, professor for Higher Education at the University of Southern California and director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, helped facilitate an important workshop in Denver earlier this month. The event brought together positional leaders to reflect on their experience as well as current leadership development literature to define a set of distinctive competencies required to lead scalable […]

Become a Facilitator of Holistic Review Workshops

August 8, 2019October 24, 2019 pulliasadmin Equity & Diversity, Events, Pullias News graduate admissions holistic review julie posselt

Oct 25-27/2019/Orlando, Fl University of Central Florida Campus REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED The Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) and California Consortium for Inclusive Doctoral Education (C-CIDE) will co-sponsor a 2.5 day workshop to prepare higher education change agents as facilitators of interactive workshops on holistic graduate admissions. Applications are open immediately. Travel funding is available but limited. Why attend? Workshops [...]

Charge On Scholarship Winner Buys Car and Makes News

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 pulliasadmin College access, Digital equity, Pullias News

An innovative research project conducted by USC Pullias Center for Higher Education, the non-profit Get Schooled, and California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), made the local news in Los Angeles that highlighted the pilot program and featured one of its scholarship winners. CBS News in Los Angeles visited CSUDH to learn more about Charge On and its approach to getting […]