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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

Join the Leadership Council of the Alliance for Better College Teaching (ABCT) and the Pullias Center as we discuss the launch of our work and how to …

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: Designing for Durability — Developing Sustainable Policy in a Shifting Landscape” webinar set for Tuesday, April 28 at 12pm PT

January 28, 2026

This fourth webinar in our series focuses on designing policies and initiatives that are built to last amid changing legal, political, and organizational conditions. Grounded …

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 …

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 …

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