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46th Pullias Lecture to Navigate Higher Education’s Challenging DEI Environment with Panel of Distinguished Speakers
March 15, 2024
Prestigious Lecture to be held on Thursday, March 28 at California Science Center in Los Angeles Top diversity, equity and inclusion scholars in higher education…
45th Pullias Lecture to Navigate Higher Education’s Challenging DEI Environment with Panel of Distinguished Speakers
October 6, 2023
Prestigious Lecture to be held on Thursday, March 28 at California Science Center in Los Angeles Top diversity, equity and inclusion scholars in higher education…
“The Future of University Admissions After the Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action” Rossier panel discussion set for Wednesday, October 25, 2023
October 5, 2023
How can leaders in undergraduate, graduate, and professional admissions use this moment to create more equitable systems? The recent Supreme Court rulings in SFFA vs.…
What’s Next for Shared Equity Leadership?
September 6, 2023
We recently sat down with Elizabeth Holcombe, Senior Postdoctoral Scholar at the Pullias Center and one of the reports’ authors who has been intricately involved…
How Leaders Can Implement Systemic Change: the Change Leadership Toolkit
September 6, 2023
Leadership development in higher education remains an under-examined and under-resourced area. Within the higher education sector, leadership has not been the focus of foundation funding…
Pullias Center Team Awards & Accolades
September 5, 2023
At our recent USC Rossier School of Education kickoff event for the new academic year, the Pullias Center team received prestigious and well-deserved awards.
Julie Posselt and the Pullias Center for Higher Education Awarded $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation
September 5, 2023
‘Examining Rubrics in Graduate Education,’ a partnership with the University of Minnesota, will examine the utility and feasibility of rubrics in graduate admissions.
Dr. Royel Johnson named as Co-Editor of AERA’s Educational Researcher Journal
August 30, 2023
Dr. Royel Johnson, USC Rossier School of Education Associate Professor and Pullias Center faculty member, has been named as a co-editor of Educational Researcher (ER), the journal…
Pullias Center Announces 2023 Delphi Award Winners
August 22, 2023
The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education, in partnership with the American Association of Colleges &…
New Shared Equity Leadership Report and Webinar Explore Creating Emotionally Supportive Spaces for Campus Teams
June 15, 2023
Pullias Center and American Council on Education (ACE) join together for latest in the Shared Equity Leadership series Shared Equity Leadership is a leadership approach…
USC Pullias Center for Higher Education Hosts Special Video Screening, Dinner and Panel Discussion Highlighting Key Findings from the USC Skate Study
June 2, 2023
Annenberg School for Communications, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and USC Research and Innovation Co-host free USC dinner event on Friday, June 9 Researchers…
Pullias and PASS Team Hosts National Summit Focused on Postsecondary Success for At-Promise Students
May 10, 2023
More than 60 thought-leaders, policy experts, foundation leaders, researchers and practitioners convened last week at the Pullias Center’s “National Summit on Transformative Efforts to Support…
An Ecological Approach to Career Development in College
May 8, 2023
Higher education is costly — and it also requires a great deal of time and sacrifice for many students. College educators owe it to students…
Developing and Supporting Students’ STEM Career Aspirations
May 8, 2023
Inspiring the next generation of talent to pursue careers in STEM is a national policy objective, an economic imperative, and an opportunity for students to…
PhD Candidate Maritza Salazar Receives Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
April 29, 2023
Please join us in congratulating Maritza E. Salazar, USC Rossier PhD candidate, for receiving the 2023-2024 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, awarded by the National Academies…
Kitchen Promoted, Desir Joins Pullias Faculty
April 28, 2023
Congratulations to Joseph (Joey) Kitchen, recently promoted to Associate Research Professor, and a hearty welcome to Steve Desir, who recently joined our faculty as Assistant…
Dr. John Brooks Slaughter Receives USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award
April 28, 2023
Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, University Professor Emeritus of Education and Computer Engineering, was recently presented with the prestigious USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award by USC…
2023 Pullias Doctoral Grads Look to Enact Change
April 28, 2023
This May, two Pullias Center doctoral candidates will graduate from the USC Rossier School of Education. We would like to offer our sincerest congratulations to…
Zoë B. Corwin Receives Community-Engaged Teaching and Research Award from USC’s JEP
April 28, 2023
Congratulations to Pullias Center’s Dr. Zoë B. Corwin upon receiving the USC Joint Educational Project Award for Community Engaged Teaching and Research. This award was…
Institutional Transformation to Support Contingent Faculty
April 14, 2023
Learn about successful innovations at two 2022 Delphi Award–winning institutions. This webinar will explore innovative practices and lessons learned from institutional change initiatives aimed at…
Beyond Broadening Participation in Graduate Education and STEMM Organizations
April 14, 2023
A webinar series and discussion Join the National Academies and Inclusive Graduate Education Network (IGEN) in a collaborative exploration of NASEM’s latest report on Anti-Racism,…
Meet Pullias Researchers at AERA 2023, April 13-16
April 13, 2023
Join Pullias Center researchers at this year’s AERA conference: Advancing Critical Understandings of Community College Students Thursday, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (6:00 to…
Pullias Expands Change Leadership Toolkit Project with Support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
April 13, 2023
The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California (USC) is launching an expansion of the Change Leadership Toolkit, with a $250,000 grant […]
Pullias Center Exploration of Shared Equity Leadership with ACE to Continue with Support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
April 13, 2023
The American Council on Education (ACE), in collaboration with the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California (USC) is launching phase two of […]
Shared Equity Leadership: Grad Students Share the Impact
April 13, 2023
Key Members of the Pullias Team Share Their Experiences with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Shared Equity Leadership Three grad students at USC’s Rossier School of […]
New Developments in Shared Equity Leadership
April 13, 2023
New Reports and Webinars Explore Accountability, Roles in SEL and Capacity Building Over the past two years, Pullias Center Director Adrianna Kezar, Senior Postdoctoral Scholar Elizabeth Holcombe, former […]
New Report Examines Impact of Basic Needs Assistance to Community College Students
March 31, 2023
USC’s Pullias Center and Sol Price Center for Social Innovation report provides timely evidence that additional funds help students achieve academic goals A new report…
Equity in Graduate Education: Organizing for Equity
March 31, 2023
"The Equity in Graduate Education Consortium has helped me to expand my connections with scholars and practitioners committed to positively influencing equity-based systemic change within…
Spotlight on Dr. Steve Desir, the newest faculty member of the Pullias Center
March 31, 2023
By Julie Posselt and Steve Desir This Spring, the Pullias Center is thrilled to have Dr. Steve Desir join its faculty. Desir is an expert…
44th Pullias Lecture, with AAAS’s Dr. Shirley Malcom, Set for March 21
March 21, 2023
The Pullias Lecture, an annual event hosted by the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the Rossier School of Education, will be held on Tuesday,…
The Career-Track Faculty Model: Best Practices in Appointment, Advancement and Retention of NTTF at University of Arizona
Natsumi Ueda, Adrianna Kezar
Delphi Award Winner 2023
Montgomery College (MC)'s The Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement and Support (IPTFES) was created in 2015 and pioneered by the late Dr. Antonio “Tango” Thomas. IPTFES was created to expand, improve and build upon policies and practices that support part-time…
Improving and Dedicating Supports for Part-time Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College
Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019)
In an effort to bolster support for part-time faculty, the division director for Central Piedmont Community College’s largest curriculum department connected and collaborated with full-time faculty members. A research-based program proposal was subsequently submitted highlighting five no-to-low cost support priorities…
Redesigning teaching evaluations to support professional development for faculty at Harper College
Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar, Michael Bates
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019)
This new publication highlights the recent successful efforts Harper College made to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. Harper College is one of winners of the inaugural Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations…
Equity for lecturers and counseling faculty at California State University, Dominguez Hills
Daniel Scott, Adrianna Kezar, Kirti Celly, Pamela Robinson
Pullias Center for Higher Education (2019)
This new publication highlights the recent successful efforts California State University, Dominguez Hills made to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. CSUDH is one of winners of the inaugural Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals…
Supporting Non-Tenure-Track Faculty and the Art of Teaching Through Association Collaboration
Jordan Harper
Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2019
In 2015, two of philosophy’s largest professional organizations, the American Philosophical Association (APA) and the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) collaborated to produce the Teaching Hub, a two-day professional development event to be held at three place-based philosophy convenings…
Addressing the Unique Needs and Challenges for Contingent Faculty at UNC Charlotte
Jordan Harper, Daniel Scott
Delphi Award Finalist, 2019
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) Center for Teaching and Learning spearheaded a longitudinal, data-driven project to better understand and respond to the needs of non-tenure-track faculty. When the project began in 2014, the study consisted of…
Supporting and Creating Space for Part-time Faculty at Montgomery College
Jordan Harper, Daniel Scott
Delphi Award Finalist, 2019
Retelling the story of part-time faculty is of paramount importance to Antonio ‘Tango’ Thomas, the Director of the Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement & Support at Montgomery College. Seen as an integral part of the college fabric, there is an…
Expanding Opportunities and Community for Non- Tenure-Track Faculty at Washtenaw Community College
Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper
Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2019
Washtenaw Community College (WCC) is located in southeast Michigan and enrolls around 18,000 students per year. The Part-Time & Adjunct Faculty Institute (PTFI) serves roughly 750 non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) at WCC. Although WCC has a history of supporting NTTF, part-time…
“We are One Penn State”: Reforming Policy to Better Support Non-Tenure-Track Faculty at Penn State
Jordan Harper, Daniel Scott, and Adrianna Kezar (2019)
Delphi Award Winner, 2019
This publication highlights the successful efforts Penn State University to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. PSU is one of winners of the 2019 Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations who have worked…
Creating a Culture of Care for Contingent Faculty Through Professional Development at Santa Monica College
Jordan Harper, Daniel Scott, and Adrianna Kezar (2019)
Delphi Award Winner, 2019
This publication highlights the successful efforts by Santa Monica College to significantly improve their faculty policies and culture. SMC is one of winners of the 2019 Delphi Award, an annual $15,000 cash award given to individuals or organizations who have…