The latest from the leaders in Higher Education research, October 2021
PULLIAS
CENTER NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 2021
Welcome to another school year across America!
Summer hardly seemed long enough to fully recover and reflect from the monumental hurdles that we leaped over to bring a historic 2020-21 to fruition. Perhaps that is why so many of us are looking to the 2021-22 academic year with hope and optimism. Higher education has already risen to a series of challenges and there is a pervasive hope that the obstacles to overcoming the next set feel less intimidating than before.
REPORT: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR NON-TENURE-TRACK FACULTY
A new publication takes a closer look at how universities support non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) in professional development, including a look at emerging and best practices.
Research funded by one of the five Pullias Center Equity Alumni Awards analyzes the roles boards of trustees play in regards to universities and colleges confronting racial inequities.
Dr. Julie Posselt, Associate Professor of Higher Education in the USC Rossier School of Education and the Pullias Center, has been named Associate Dean, USC Graduate School.
In this role, Dr. Posselt will be developing the University’s and Graduate School’s efforts around diversity, equity and inclusion — most importantly by improving how the Graduate School and PhD programs recruit, admit and support students.
This summer the Pullias Center welcomed assistant research professor Joseph Kitchen, two new postdoctoral research associates, Hope McCoy and Ralitsa Todorova, along with project specialist Christine Rocha, joining Zoe Corwin and the team on the new Promoting At-Promise Student Success (PASS2) project. Our communications team is now managed by Sheryl MacPhee who has just joined us together with support from student communications assistant Rachel Michelman.
Pullias is hiring two postdocs! We're seeking a postdoctoral scholar to assist research on a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded research project, "Refining Resources in Leadership Teams for Institutional Transformation" under Adrianna Kezar. Apply here.
Tatiana Melguizo together with Gary Painter of the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovationare searching for a postdoctoral scholar to join their Mixed-methods Pilot Evaluation of a Universal Basic Income Program at a Community College. Contact Monica Raad for more info.
An article in Inside Higher Ed examines papers released by the TIAA Institute, led by Pullias Center researchers, on how institutions should plan for the futures of adjunct and non-tenure-track professors with an equitable mindset.
