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Pullias Center Continues to Enhance and Expand the Change Leadership Toolkit Project with New Funding

November 7, 2024

The Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California (USC) has received an additional $600,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates …

Tatiana Melguizo, respected professor and a leader in the fields of education and economics, passes away at the age of 55

January 18, 2024

We are saddened to announcement the untimely and sudden passing of one of our Pullias Center faculty members, USC Rossier Professor Tatiana Meguizo.

Pullias Postdoctoral Scholars Look to the Future

January 10, 2024

As a premiere research center dedicated to furthering equity in higher education, the Pullias Center has long been a central hub for students, researchers and scholars to hone their skills and knowledge prior to joining academe. Now, postdoctoral scholars Emily Koren, Soumya Mishra, Mariama Nagbe and Ralitsa Todorova are completing their assignments with the Center […]

The Critical Role of Professional Societies in Advancing Equity

January 10, 2024

With funding from the National Science Foundation, scholars in the Pullias Center are exploring how professional societies embed and disseminate DEI reports in ways that shift the discourse and activity of their members. By Steve Desir As hubs for national communities within professions and disciplines, professional societies can and should play a critical role in […]

Pullias Center Invitational Conference Highlights Key Successes and Challenges of AB705 Implementation in LACCD

February 17, 2023

The 3rd annual USC/LACCD Research-Practice Partnership Conference on AB705 brought together more than 50 researchers, faculty, staff, and administrators. Taking place in December 2021, the …

Gangs, College and Research-to-Practice

February 6, 2023

In 2019, Adrian H. Huerta started a bold new project: Explore the educational pathways for former gang members and how they achieved college success. Starting …

What Do Logics Have To Do With It?

February 3, 2023

For some time now, researchers — including those on our team — have shown that developmental education (DE) courses are generally ineffective, inefficient, and inequitable, …

Taking 12th Grade Math Opens Doors to Higher Education, Research Finds

January 31, 2023

Pullias Center’s Tatiana Melguizo partnered with UCLA-led study following nearly 27,000 L.A. Unified students yields insights that can help inform education policy Students who take …

The Emancipatory Power of Collaboration in Educational Research

January 9, 2023

January 1, 2023 marked the beginning of my second year as a tenure-track faculty member and member of the Pullias Center. As a newly-minted member …

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