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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 …

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 & …

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 […]

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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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