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“Launching the Alliance for Better College Teaching (ABCT): Initial Strategy and How to be Involved” webinar set for Tuesday, April 21 at 10am PT

March 18, 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 …

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 …

Broadening Access through Law-Attentive Design: Leading from Mission with Clarity — The Role of Institutional Policy Webinar set for Tuesday, February 17th at 12pm PT

January 26, 2026

Pullias Assistant Research Professor Steve Desir moderates this session that explores how leaders can make thoughtful, mission-aligned decisions about how their institutions operate and move …

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 …

A Special Issue of The Journal of Higher Education Responds to Legislative Attacks on Colleges and Universities

November 4, 2025

USC Rossier University Professor Shaun Harper and Associate Professor Royel Johnson have been named 2024 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) Visionaries by the Los …

The Compact for Academic Excellence: A Loyalty Oath in Disguise

November 4, 2025

USC Rossier University Professor Shaun Harper and Associate Professor Royel Johnson have been named 2024 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA) Visionaries by the Los …

Longtime Pullias Center Administrative Assistant Diane Flores Receives USC Rossier Award

October 27, 2025

Adrianna Kezar, the Director of the Pullias Center, Dean's Professor of Leadership and the Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at the USC Rossier School of …

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