Julie Posselt in Inside Higher Ed: Graduate programs need to rethink use of standardized admissions tests

This op-ed — authored by Julie Posselt, Pullias Center researcher and assistant professor of higher education at University of Southern California, and Casey W. Miller, associate dean for research and faculty affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology — was originally published in Inside Higher Ed on May 7, 2018. This week several admissions experts, through the National Association for College Admission […]

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Pullias’ Julie Posselt wins AERA Early Career Award

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 […]

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Experience the Pullias Lecture: Video, photos, and Twitter moments

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 […]

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Meet Pullias researchers at AERA 2018

The annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association takes place April 13-17, 2018, in New York City, and researchers from the Pullias Center will be presenting on a wide variety of topics, from “Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education” to “Evaluating the Effects of a Game-Based Intervention on Free Application for Federal Student Aid Completion” to “The Evolution […]

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Posselt’s team awarded $1.2M grant to increase equity in grad admissions

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $1,195,000 grant for a project to increase equity in graduate admissions to a team of researchers from USC, UC Davis, and UCLA. Serving as the project’s advisor and assessment lead is Assistant Professor Julie Posselt, researcher at USC Rossier’s Pullias Center for Higher Education and nationally-recognized expert on graduate admissions. Called Alliance […]

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Holistic Review: A One-Day Institute — March 17, 2018

Holistic Review Institute — a day-long event to explore the impact of holistic review in graduate admissions and higher education — happens Saturday, March 17, 2018, on USC's University Park Campus. Holistic review is an evidence-based practice for identifying talent and increasing diversity in higher education. In this institute, which will be led by nationally recognized experts Drs. Julie Posselt [...]
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