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Royel Johnson receives prestigious 2026 ASHE Mid-Career award

October 6, 2026

Royel M. Johnson, USC Rossier associate professor and co-director of the Pullias Center of Higher Education, has been selected to receive the 2026 Mid-Career Award from …

Shared Equity Leadership Start-Up Toolkit Offers a Road Map for Campus Change

September 8, 2026

The new Shared Equity Leadership Start-Up Toolkit provides higher education leaders with a comprehensive guide for developing a shared institutional commitment to equity. The Toolkit …

Meet the Co-Directors, Zoë Corwin & Royel M. Johnson

August 25, 2026

Scholars Zoë Corwin and Royel M. Johnson to serve as Co-directors of the nation’s premier higher education research center.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education Announces New Leadership

August 16, 2026

Scholars Zoë Corwin and Royel M. Johnson to serve as Co-directors of the nation’s premier higher education research center.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education to Administer the ACE Fellows Program, the Nation’s Premier Executive Leadership Development Experience for Higher Education

June 9, 2026

The USC Pullias Center for Higher Education is proud to announce a landmark partnership with the American Council on Education (ACE). Through it, the Pullias …

Equity in Graduate Education Consortium Announces New Directors

June 3, 2026

The Equity in Graduate Education Consortium is pleased to announce Annie Wofford and Sara Xayarath Hernández as its new Co-Directors, marking a new chapter in …

Pullias Center Founding Director William Tierney Awarded USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award

May 22, 2026

Noted higher education scholar and USC Pullias Center founding director William (Bill) Tierney has been awarded the prestigious 2026 USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award. Awarded …

How One Research Project is Changing the Way We Think about College Student Success

May 6, 2026

As a longtime member of the Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS) Advisory Board, I’ve had a front row seat to one of the most ambitious …

How Research-Practitioner Partnerships Catalyze Institutional Change: Reflections from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

May 5, 2026

As the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), my work centers on creating a campus culture …

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