Category: Pullias Voices
DACA and the Betrayal of the American Dream: The Implications of the Elimination of DACA
The announcement by the Attorney General that the Republican Administration will end the Deferred Action for Early Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has created a great deal of uncertainty for the nearly 800,000 individuals who have filed for DACA. Approximately half of the 800,000 have been enrolled in a postsecondary institution in the United States, so the consequences are particularly important […]
USC opens a new campus, but there’s concern about its soul
William G. Tierney discusses the new USC village and the unsettling campus atmosphere in a recent issue of University World News.
Brookings Report by PhD Candidate James Ward
Pullias doctoral student James Ward discusses the impact of the NYS Excelsior Scholarship and its unintended consequences of ‘free college’ on New York’s for-profit universities in the Brookings Report.
Pullias Center: Memo to Jerry Falwell Jr.
Pullias Center co-directors William Tierney and Adrianna Kezar, along with other directors of higher education centers, issued priorities for education in the United States in a memo to Jerry Falwell Jr., chair of the Task Force on Higher Education Reform . The memo describes the role of the federal government in addressing seven keystone challenges now confronting higher education. Co-signatories […]
The Link Between Increasing Financial Aid and Increases in Tuition
On the Huffington Post, James Dean Ward explores the Bennett Hypothesis through a comparison of for-profit and non-profit universities. Read more here.
Punishing Public Service
Pullias Research Assistant Antar Tichavakunda and Pullias co-director William G. Tierney wrote about the proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Read their thoughts published on the Huffington Post here.
Wrong Answer on Remediation
William G. Tierney and Julia Duncheon talk about remediation in the community colleges. Read the op-ed in Inside Higher Ed.
What Justin Bieber Can Teach the New UC President
In this op-ed article in The Huffington Post, William G. Tierney talks about what Janet Napolitano needs to do to succeed as the UC’s president. Read the article here.