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Pullias Center Co-Directors Adrianna Kezar and Julie Posselt Ranked Among Top RHSU Edu-Scholars for Public Influence in 2026

January 8, 2026

Adrianna Kezar and Julie Posselt, who serve as Co-directors of the Pullias Center, have both been selected among the top 200 scholars for public influence …

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Exploring the Potential of Professional Learning Communities

October 8, 2024

By Zoë Corwin When tackling a tenacious institutional challenge, how do we navigate institutional silos that pose profound challenges to collaboration?  How frequently do we carve out time to connect with colleagues from different roles and units across campus, learn together, push our thinking, strategize for change, and then enact the changes we envision? Professional […]
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The Pullias Center Honored with 2024 Special Merit Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)

October 8, 2024

The Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) has selected the Pullias Center for Higher Education as this year’s recipient of the ASHE Special …
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Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE in Minneapolis, Nov. 20-23, 2024

October 7, 2024

Learn about new research on a variety of projects, including graduate admissions, DEI, shared equity leadership, and more in 17 sessions at the ASHE annual …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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The Pullias Center for Higher Education publishes a monthly digital newsletter during the academic year that recaps our recent news and puts a spotlight on a different area of our research each issue. 

Click here to access the archive of past newsletters from the 2019-2026 academic years.

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