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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 …

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 Recording now Available

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 …

“Transformative Change During Challenging Times with the Change Leadership Toolkit” Webinar Recording Now Available

September 29, 2025

This webinar included the latest with the Change Leadership Toolkit and its resources. It incorporated two campus change leaders who have used the Toolkit to …

Meet the Pullias Researchers at ASHE in Denver, Nov. 13-15, 2025

September 24, 2025

Learn about new research on a variety of projects, including graduate admissions, DEI, shared equity leadership, and more in 17 sessions at the ASHE annual …

Pullias Center & Rossier School of Education Associate Professor Adrian H. Huerta named a 2025 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow

September 15, 2025

Dr. Adrian H. Huerta, Associate Professor at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and the USC Rossier School of Education, has been selected as a …

2025 Delphi Award Winners Announced by USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education

September 15, 2025

Florida Gulf Coast University and Montclair State University Selected for Their Innovative Policies and Programs Supporting VITAL/Contingent Faculty

Extending and Deepening Research-Practice Partnerships

September 9, 2025

As we announce the merger of the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice (CERPP) with the Pullias Center for Higher Education, we reflect on …

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