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Promoting Successful First-Year Experiences through Research and Practice

March 10, 2026

Researchers from the Pullias Center’s Promoting At-promise Student Success (PASS) team and University of Nebraska practitioners came together to present at the Annual Conference on …

Creative Learning in Practice: Organizational Learning, Art & Intergenerational Care

February 9, 2026

The same arts-based approach to collective sense-making carries forward in My Crown My Way™ and Hair-etage Conversations LIVE™ where creative practice becomes an intentional site …

Arts-Based Learning in Community: Enhancing Community-Engaged Inquiry & Institutional Service

February 9, 2026

The Black Ontology Project captures collective sensemaking across images and verse, illustrating how intergenerational learning emerges as a central practice between educators, researchers and school …

Pullias Center Co-director Adrianna Kezar Elected to National Academy of Education

February 2, 2026

The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education and USC Rossier is proud to announce that Adrianna Kezar, the Dean’s Professor of Leadership and the Wilbur-Kieffer …

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 …

Conference on Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP) — February 25-27, 2026

January 2, 2026

Registration is now open! Join enrollment and admissions professionals, senior enrollment leaders, researchers, legal experts and campus changemakers for the 2026 USC Conference on Enrollment …

Building Better Boards: The 2026 Governance Agenda Webinar Recording Now Available

January 1, 2026

A joint webinar with the Center for Strategic and Inclusive Governance (CSIG) and the Pullias Center, and part of CSIG's Building Better Boards series. This …

Meeting this Moment: Research-Informed, Law-Attentive, Purpose-Driven Resources and Support for Campus Leaders

December 10, 2025

I’m pleased to share information about a new initiative that the Pullias Center is helping lead in conjunction with colleagues at the American Association for …

Associate Research Professor Joseph Kitchen Named Editor of the Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition

November 10, 2025

Dr. Joseph (Joey) Kitchen, Associate Research Professor at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and the USC Rossier School of Education, has been selected as …

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