Dear Colleagues:
Raise your hand if you think the best work is done in collaboration and community.
The two of us are fortunate to currently be part of a Pullias research team, headed by Professor Tatiana Melguizo, that has partnered with the Los Angeles Community College District for more than a decade. During this time, we’ve been able to tackle big questions facing the nine colleges in the district, most recently how California Assembly Bill 705 is fundamentally changing how entering students are judged as “ready” for transfer-level English and math courses.
We’ll summarize our most recent research in this newsletter, but before we do that, we first want to reflect on the importance of doing this work in community. None of this work would be possible without our district partners, of course, but we also want to highlight our research team members past and present, each of whom bring unique insights and skills, and a deep commitment to greater access, equity, and success in community colleges: Bo Min Kim, Will Kwon, Holly Kosiewicz, Kristen Fong Beach, Elizabeth Park, Eddy Chi, David Velasquez, Yuxin Lin, Elise Swanson, Soumya Mishra, Elif Yücel, Elizabeth Morris and Glenda Palacios Quejada.
Over the years, each of these team members has brought invaluable skills, insights, and perspectives to our research projects. Our team has been intentionally multidisciplinary, multi-
generational, and cross-institutional, and because of that, we've been able to tackle a broad range of research questions using a variety of research approaches. Truly, we are better together. Thank you!
Even though the AB705 project comes to a close this summer, our work as a team will continue. We are gearing up to tackle two new big questions: 1) how to create more permeability between statistics and STEM math pathways in community colleges; and 2) how to create equitable and effective learning modalities and environments in a post-COVID era. We are excited to embark on these projects in community, and excited to see who will join us in this work next.
Warmly,
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Cheryl Ching & Federick Ngo
Research Associates, Pullias Center for Higher Education and Alumni, Rossier School of Education
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What Do Logics Have To Do With It? |
For some time now, researchers — including those on our team — have shown that developmental education (DE) courses are generally ineffective, inefficient and inequitable, especially for Black and brown students. To the authors and advocates of California Assembly Bill 705 (AB705), this research was convincing; they cited it to motivate the policy that the governor signed into law in fall 2017 and that went into effect in fall 2019.
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Taking 12th Grade Math Opens Doors to Higher Education, Research Finds
Pullias Center’s Tatiana Melguizo partnered with UCLA-led study following nearly 27,000 L.A. Unified students yields insights that can help inform education policy.
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Join Pullias Center Researchers at AERA, April 13-16
Join Pullias Center and USC researchers at this year's AERA conference in Chicago.
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Critical Race Theory Webinar Recording Now Available
The Pullias Center's recent "Critical Race Theory: What it is, and is Not" webinar was a resounding success, with more than 500 researchers, practitioners and policy makers attending the event. Facilitated by Pullias Center's Alumni Equity Award winners Raquel M. Rall and Antar Tichavakunda, the webinar featured panelists examining both their personal and society's journey with CRT. Miss the webinar? Watch it here.
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New SEL Report Out:
Capacity-Building for Shared Equity Leadership
How can you build capacity at your institution for equity-minded leadership? Our new report (with the American Council on Education) "Capacity Building in Shared Equity Leadership" can help you on your journey. This report, the fifth in the On Shared Equity Leadership series, explores ways to build capacity for the work of shared equity leadership (SEL) in higher education. SEL is a leadership approach that scales diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work and creates culture change by connecting individual and organizational transformation.
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Delphi Award Applications Open on February 15
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MORE NEWS
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“About 70% of college professors work off the tenure track," noted Adrianna Kezar in her 2019 book, "The Gig Academy," recently referenced in Daniel Bressner's New York Times opinion piece.
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On April 7th, Dwuana Bradley will be co-moderating a webinar titled “Federal Funding as Social Justice at HBCUs” with Gina Tillis through Virginia Union University’s Center for the Study of Historically Black Colleges & Universities.
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The Equity in Graduate Education Resource Center and the Pullias Center are excited to announce our search for a postdoctoral associate to lead research on organizational efforts to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in STEMM.
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Glenda Palacios was an invited speaker at the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California – Berkeley, where she presented on “Colombian Afro-Feminisms: Anti-Racist Politics, Knowledge Production, and Art-Activism.”
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s consensus study on 'Advancing AntiRacism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations' report will be released on Feb. 14 during a webinar, open to the public. Julie Posselt was a member of the study.
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The PASS team has a new article out about the possibilities and precautions of using the designation "at-promise" in higher education research in the Journal of Postsecondary Student Success.
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