Pullias Center director @akezar.bsky.social and colleague Susan Elrod share their guidance on how #highered leaders can chart a strategic path through the current chaos by using the Change Leadership Toolkit. Read more in this @insidehighered.com article: @uscrossier.bsky.social

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · last yr.

Career Advice | Keep Calm and Carry On Higher ed leaders need to carefully consider their unique contexts in charting a path through the current chaos, Susan Elrod and Adrianna Kezar write. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4201U90

If you can’t join us in person, make sure to live stream the event or watch it afterwards

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · last yr.

Secure your spot now for the 46th Pullias Lecture with @johnbkingjr.bsky.social, in conversation with Pedro A. Noguera and @akezar.bsky.social at @usc.edu. Registration will close tomorrow, Friday 3/28 at 5pm PT: shorturl.at/NIVHg @uscrossier.bsky.social, @uscresearch.bsky.social

We are hiring a Contracts and Grants Coordinator to support all phases of grant administration, from pre-award preparations to post-award processes. This is a fixed-term position that renews annually, and we're open to a hybrid work arrangement! Learn more: shorturl.at/B72jE @akezar.bsky.social

I feel so honored to have worked with Tatiana! She was an amazing mentor and scholar. If you are able to contribute to her legacy scholarship, I know her family and loved ones would appreciate it.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy birthday to our late, beloved colleague Tatiana Melguizo. Please help us continue her legacy of supporting community college students through her research with your tax-deductible donation to the Tatiana Melguizo Memorial Scholarship for Community College Students. Thank you! shorturl.at/DEEjg

Join @uscpullias.bsky.social researchers for this #aera2025 conference session. pullias.usc.edu/meet-the-pul... @ronaldhallett.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social, @zcorwin.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social

The time is now for all campuses to adopt shared equity leadership! Share with your colleagues and ensure higher education does not lose its integrity.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · last yr.

DEI is in trouble, targeting campuses. We, along with our partners at @aceducation.bsky.social, have identified Shared Equity Leadership (SEL) as the approach to embed DEI into campus operations. Read more in @akezar.bsky.social's article: shorturl.at/fSa6J @uscrossier.bsky.social

In this Journal of Higher Education article, authors @kcculver.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social and Emily Koren offer a new conceptual model: the Faculty, Academic Careers and Environments framework. Learn more here: shorturl.at/rqFES @uscrossier.bsky.social

Our new webinar is tomorrow! "Institutional Transformation for VITAL Faculty," will explore the winning strategies from our 2024 Delphi award winners, MSUCAL and @umassamherst.bsky.social. shorturl.at/ExFy9 @uscrossier.bsky.social, @kcculver.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social, @aacu.org

Please make sure to share with your colleagues and please apply!

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · last yr.

We are accepting applications for the free Change Leadership Toolkit Implementation Project until Feb. 21! With the guidance of experts, you can use the CLT, a guidebook for leaders who are working to make change. shorturl.at/tfKi8 @akezar.bsky.social, @dradjgonzalez.bsky.social

Learn how professional learning communities can create culture change to support historically minoritized students. Proud of the PASS team work.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · last yr.

Our Research Professor Ronald Hallett( @ronaldhallett.bsky.social) is the guest editor for this month's newsletter, which focuses on our longitudinal, mixed-methods 'Promoting At-promise Student Success' project. Learn more here: conta.cc/3WZlJeO @uscrossier.bsky.social, @akezar.bsky.social

"Using Evidenced-Based Design to Support Gang-Impacted Students in an Urban Community College: Lessons From the Phoenix Scholars Program" is the title of a 'New Directions for Higher Education' article featuring the Long Beach City College Phoenix Scholars. shorturl.at/gz7Iz @uscrossier.bsky.social

At the @aacu.org meeting, Adrianna Kezar @akezar.bsky.social and Ashley Finley presented the #DelphiAwards to MSU's College of Arts & Letters and @umassamherst.bsky.social. Congratulations to these campuses! shorturl.at/ztbLi @uscrossier.bsky.social

We miss our colleague more than words can express. Please help us support her legacy.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's a little more than a year since our treasured colleague Professor Tatiana Melguizo passed. With the creation of the Tatiana Melguizo Memorial Scholarship Fund for Community College Transfer Students, we hope to continue to make a difference for students. Donate & learn more: shorturl.at/P6HGs

Don't miss your opportunity to join these innovative campus leaders from MSUCAL and @umassamherst.bsky.social for our upcoming "Institutional Transformation to Support VITAL Faculty" webinar on Tuesday, March 11 at 12pm PT. Register for the webinar here: shorturl.at/NM1Lr @uscrossier.bsky.social

It is vital but we maintain our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read my thoughts about ways to reflect and strategize about doing this work at this moment.

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Trump presidency has stoked concerns about what his war on DEI means for the continued political interference into higher ed. In the just-released Mar/Apr issue of Change Higher, Executive Adrianna Kezar says "It's time to take stock of campus design for DEI, not move away." shorturl.at/oFxQH

New year, new Pullias Center newsletter! We're starting off 2025 with guest editor @royeljohnsonphd.bsky.social, who explores anti-DEI legislation and offers some key recommendations to navigate these challenges. Read the full newsletter here: conta.cc/3C22NET @uscrossier.bsky.social, #highered

Congratulations to Adrianna Kezar (@akezar.bsky.social) who Education Week ranked as #42 on their 2025 listing of Top 200 Influencers in Education. The depth of Dr. Kezar's work in equity in #highereducation is significant, and we couldn't be prouder: shorturl.at/Il6V0 @uscrossier.bsky.social

The 2024 #DelphiAward winners, MSU's College of Arts & Letters and UMassAmherst, will be presented with their awards on Jan. 24 at @aacu.org's meeting. We are grateful to TIAA for continuing their support of the award! @akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social, @kcculver.bsky.social

USC Pullias, along with our partner TIAA, has published new research to help develop creative strategies to advance #DEI goals, "Considerations and challenges of Implementing Shared Equity Leadership." shorturl.at/pNuXS @akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social

The @uscpullias.bsky.social and @akezar.bsky.social #DelphiProject can help faculty leaders continue to make changes even in the upcoming anti-union political environment. Learn more about how campuses' are creating policies and programs for their NTTF faculty: pullias.usc.edu/delphi/

The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success | Pullias

Description The Delphi Project is dedicated to enhancing awareness about the changing faculty trends using research and data to better support faculty off the tenure track and to help create new facul...

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Jaweed Kaleem@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 2y ago

“It’s the pre-Trump rush." Across California and the nation campus unions are moving to organize and flex their muscles before a union-friendly Biden administration gives way to President-elect Trump's second term: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Professor Julie Posselt (@julieposselt.bsky.social) is the editor for this month's newsletter, featuring research in the Equity in Graduate Education space, organizations interested in Shared Equity Leadership and more! conta.cc/3OOIBsV @akezar.bsky.social, @uscrossier.bsky.social, #highered

We received the 'Special Merit Award' for our "commitment to innovative research on underserved topics like college access, marginalized students, and non-tenure track faculty, (continuing) to push the field forward..." shorturl.at/mZqVb

Check out these models of faculty support that lead to student success

USC Pullias Center for Higher Education@uscpullias.bsky.social · 2y ago

The #DelphiAward winners will be sharing their strategies and policies in support of their VITAL/contingent faculty at the American Association of Colleges and University's (AACU) annual meeting in January. Attend this inspiring session, set for Friday, Jan. 24 at 9:30am! shorturl.at/XEDyk

Our team in Equity in Graduate Education has found that research group placement profoundly impacts a PhD student’s academic journey and overall satisfaction. Check out their recently-published new research-based guide, “Connecting Students, Advisors, and Research Groups." shorturl.at/EnhAf

Happy to join bluesky - just want to let you know the Pullias Center is a great place to find resources to support access an success of historically marginalized groups in higher education. We are a community for those doing change/reform work. @uscpullias.bsky.social @uscrossier.bsky.social