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Pullias’ Royel Johnson Receives the 2026 NASPA Faculty Council Outstanding Publication Award

January 20, 2026

USC Rossier University Professor Shaun Harper and Associate Professor Royel Johnson have been named 2024 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) Visionaries by the Los …

“Supporting Equity on Campus in Today’s Contentious Political Environment” Webinar Recording Now Available

May 12, 2025

In this webinar co-produced by USC’s Race & Equity Center and Pullias Center for Higher Education, the Pullias Center's Dr. Adrianna Kezar and Race & …

Promising Practices for Supporting College Students’ Well-being

May 5, 2025

By Joseph A. Kitchen College students’ well-being, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and in light of startling statistics about the state of …

Supporting College Transitions: An Effective Peer Mentoring Model

May 5, 2025

By Joseph A. Kitchen Peer mentoring is a very common practice implemented by postsecondary institutions, student transition programs, and student support offices alike. Peer mentors …

New Resources for Culture Change

October 7, 2024

The PASS research team has developed a series of tools — a new guidebook and syllabus, informational video and a new book — for campuses seeking to engage in culture change work in order to support at-promise student success. We are particularly excited about the hot-off-the-press release of the guidebook and syllabus to support campuses […]

University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michigan State’s College of Arts & Letters Chosen as 2024 Delphi Award Winners

September 30, 2024

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 & …

Adrianna Kezar’s Welcome Letter to September 2024

August 30, 2024

Dear Colleagues, It’s Time to Rock the Vote! Welcome to a new academic year! This will be a very eventful semester with the most high-stakes elections in the history of the United States. It is not an exaggeration to say the country’s future as a democracy is on the line, as well as women’s reproductive […]

Resources to Help Your Non-Tenure Track (or VITAL) Faculty

August 30, 2024

In an era of limited resources and strained budgets, it is also imperative that institutions invest in evidence-based strategies proven to address challenges low-income students …

An Updated Change Leadership Toolkit (2.0) – What’s New?

August 30, 2024

In an era of limited resources and strained budgets, it is also imperative that institutions invest in evidence-based strategies proven to address challenges low-income students …

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