New Book: Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity

A new book, edited by the Pullias Center’s Adrianna Kezar and Julie Posselt, empowers all administrators in higher education to engage in their work with a clear commitment to justice, sensitivity to power and privilege, and capacity to facilitate equitable outcomes. Grounding administration for social justice as a matter of daily work, Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity: […]

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Meet Pullias Researchers at ASHE 2019

The 44th annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education takes place Nov. 13-16, 2019, in Portland, Oregon.  Pullias Center researchers and faculty will be presenting on a wide variety of topics from “Inclusion in Geosciences” to “Campus Law Enforcement.”  As in prior years, the USC Rossier School of Education will host a reception at the conference. […]

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New Research Papers Explore Integrated Programs Aimed at Supporting Underrepresented Student Success in STEM

Two new research papers from the Pullias Center for Higher Education uncover the role of collaboration and the importance of a unified community in successfully implementing integrated programs to support success in STEM. Integrated programs combine and align several interventions with the goal of countering the persistent underrepresentation of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented minority students among those who complete an […]

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Reflections from the TSLC Scholars Team

One of the most significant challenges facing colleges and universities remains how to increase success among the more diverse populations of students transitioning into higher education.  First generation, low income, and racially minoritized students are entering college campuses at a higher rate than ever before.   Yet the completion rates of these three categories remain significantly behind traditional student populations.  The […]

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

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 […]

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Creating a Diverse Student Success Infrastructure: The Key to Catalyzing Cultural Change for Today’s Student

Adrianna Kezar (2019)   This report presents an innovative approach for higher education institutions to better support students from diverse backgrounds. It explores how colleges and universities can fulfill a student success agenda through the creation of a diverse infrastructure that enables the overall institution to effectively mobilize to serve diverse student populations.  The report defines and discusses the importance […]

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Pullias Center Announces Winners of Delphi Awards

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 […]

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From Dr. Kezar: Resisting the Gig Economy

There is little notice of or conversation about the significant – perhaps catastrophic — employment changes taking place at colleges and universities.  After decades of ignoring the adjunctification of faculty, we now see the transformation of almost every employment category in higher education – graduate students, postdocs, research faculty, and staff.  These groups are being outsourced, facing contingency and marginalization, just […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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