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Gang Lessons Learned from Former Gang Members to K-12 Educators

April 9, 2025

By Adrian H. Huerta In March 2025, I officially wrapped up my National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded in 2022. As an education …

45th Pullias Lecture to Feature National DEI Scholars Discussing the Increasingly Hostile Environment in Higher Education

March 5, 2024

Top diversity, equity and inclusion scholars in higher education will come together to discuss the current challenging environment in higher education and offer their historical …

A Tribute to Tatiana: The Power of Building Deep, Lasting Relationships with Colleagues and Students

March 5, 2024

By Elise Swanson. I first met Tatiana in 2019, when I joined the Pullias Center as a postdoctoral fellow on the PASS Phase I project. …

A Tribute to Tatiana: Valuing Connections and Relationships and Welcoming Opportunities for Learning and Growth

March 5, 2024

By Federick J. Ngo. I first met Tatiana in 2012 just after I had been admitted to the PhD program at USC Rossier. She exuded …

Racial Equity in Community College Baccalaureate Programs

March 3, 2023

Here’s a bold idea: offer community college students the opportunity to learn a trade and earn a bachelor’s degree — all with community college accessibility …

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 …

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