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Literacy Panel to Illuminate Children and Teen Reading  If you plan to attend the highly anticipated L.A. Times Festival of Books at USC, and you want to get your children and adolescents to read, come to Rossier's literacy panel on Saturday, April 30 from 1 to 2 p.m. in WPH 403. "What Did I Read?" Parents and Children Read Together: Important Interactions, Longstanding Positive Consequences features literacy experts from our own faculty in a discussion that will inform parents about child and adolescent literacy in a wired world, and provide real strategies parents can use to get their children reading at home. The presentation will be available in English and Spanish. Presenters are Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores, Dr. Gisele Ragusa, Dr. Paula Carbone, and Dr. John Pascarella.  For inquiries, contact the USC Rossier Event Office at (213) 740-9559 or rossier.events@usc.edu
More about the Rossier panel and other USC Bookend events. |
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Tell Us About Our Website
 In preparation for a refreshing of the USC Rossier School of Education website, we have launched a survey to get your feedback on how we can improve the site to better serve your needs. Please take the time to fill out the brief survey, which can be accessed from our home page. Your participation and input will be critical to changes coming up! Go to the website now. |
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MAT@USC App Featured in Campus Technology
 Campus Technology reported that the USC Rossier School's MAT@USC online degree program has launched a new iOS App, which will allow students to access the distance learning program on iPhones and iPads. "This new app gives our MAT@USC students the ability to do their learning from almost anywhere, while preserving the quality of the learning environment our faculty and administration have worked so hard to create," Dean Karen Symms Gallagher said in the story. The story noted that the MAT@USC program, which launched two years ago, now has roughly 1,550 students. Read the article.USC News also featured a story about the success of the MAT@USC program, which has seen enrollment jump more than tenfold since online delivery of the program launched two years ago. Read the full article. |
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Swiss Economist Discusses Adult Education Vouchers
 Renowned economist Dr. Stefan Wolter, managing director of the Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education in Aarau, Switzerland and head of the Centre for Research in Economics of Education at the University of Berne, spoke with Rossier faculty, students and staff on Monday, April 18. Wolter (left), who was introduced by Swiss Consul General of Los Angeles Bruno Ryff, shared the findings from his research on the impact of adult education vouchers on the labor market in Switzerland. Watch the YouTube video of the talk. |
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Brewer & Tierney Write about Innovation in Higher Ed
 Dr. Dominic Brewer and Dr. William G. Tierney were contributors in the newly released book, Reinventing Higher Education (The Promise of Innovation), edited by Ben Wildavsky, Andrew Kelly, and Kevin Carey. Brewer and Tierney contributed to the section titled "Barriers to Innovation in U.S. Higher Education." More about the book. |
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Tierney Weighs in on AAUP Leadership Controversy
 The Chronicle of Higher Education quoted Dr. Tierney in an article about the future leadership of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Tierney, who had nominated General Secretary Gary Rhoades, said the hastened departure of his predecessor Roger W. Bowen in 2007 and the possible departure of Rhoades reflect "that there is something amiss in the organization." "People have to realize in this day and age how important it is to communicate in one voice, in a deliberative manner that is strategic." Tierney said. Read the article. |
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Astor Pens Piece on Kids of Military Parents
 The Huffington Post featured an op-ed by Dr. Ron Avi Astor about the need to support children of active-duty military parents. "President Obama took an important step in addressing the generations-long neglect of military children by issuing a directive, 'Strengthening Our Military Families,' that proposed ways to help these children get the best public education possible," Astor wrote. "Congress should fully fund the Military Impact Aid program, which provides supplemental money to public schools serving military students." The story noted that Astor is principal investigator of Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools, a partnership between USC and a consortium of public school districts that works to improve military students' educational experiences. Read the piece.Education Week also featured an article on a new RAND study that finds children's learning suffers when their parents are deployed. The story notes Astor's Department of Defense grant to work with eight school districts, which include about 140 schools, to create more supportive school climates for military children near Camp Pendleton. Read more. |
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Smith Interviewed for new Charter School Website  Dr. Joanna Smith was interviewed for a charter school project supported by a federal Charter Schools Program National Leadership Activities grant. The video of her interview will be shown on the website of the newly-created Network of Independent Charter Schools to provide information and support to independent "mom and pop" charter schools across the country. |
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Dowd Addresses CA Community Colleges Task Force
Dr. Alicia Dowd addressed members of the California Community Colleges' Taskforce on Student Success on April 12 in San Francisco. She led the discussion on how the Center for Uurban Education's work with colleges, universities and higher education systems can help the state's community colleges develop equity-based metrics in setting student success goals.
The taskforce was established in January of this year as a result of SB 1143, authored by state senator Carol Liu. It is mandated to formulate a strategy and plan by 2012 to improve community college student success. The group is considering policies and system practices that would result in greater student completion numbers - from retention and persistence in course completions to degree attainment and transfer to four-year universities.
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Melguizo Talks at University of Georgia Seminar
Dr. Tatiana Melguizo gave a talk on "Math Assessment and Placement Practices in California Community Colleges: Evidence from Los Angeles" at the education policy seminar at the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia on April 13.
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Alumna Speaks About Arts Education
On April 14, Dr. Kamella Tate (EdD '07) served as a field expert in arts education at the eighth and final session of Imaginative Commons.
The series of conversations on L.A.'s creative economy is sponsored by the California Community Foundation and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
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EdD Candidate Named Research Fellow for CPED 
Ed.D. candidate Regina Zurbano was recently named as a post-doctoral Research Fellow for the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED).
Only seven Fellows were selected from across the nation for this honor, and Zurbano will be part of the CPED FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education) research grant agenda, which will focus on researching the Ed.D. program designs created by the consortium members during Phase 1 of the initiative.
Zurbano is in Drs. Marsh & Rueda's Thematic Dissertation Group.
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Rossier Student To Teach English in Myanmar & Laos
MAT TESOL student Adam Harrison was selected as one of three English Language Teachers for the Myanmar English Education Project.
Harrison, who is in the online program, will spend the summer teaching in their new ESL program in Myanmar and Laos.
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Student Leaders Kick Off Rossier Spring Retreat
The first ever Rossier Student Organization Leadership Retreat was held on Saturday April 9 at the USC University Club.
More than 30 student leaders from PASA, School Counseling, MFT, EdD, and Higher Education Counseling learned valuable skills from guest speaker Karen McNulty, Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy, who spoke about Effective Communication. Rossier Alumna and President of the USC Alumni Association Carol Fox presented on becoming a lifetime leader and remaining a part of the Trojan Family.
The retreat was organized by the Education Graduate Organization (EGO), with assistance from Alex Duke and Jennifer Craig. The 2010-2011 EGO Board (Juliana Calhoun, Gitanjalie Misra, Erika Villanueva, Nane Zadouri, Selina Mangassarian, Amir Whitaker, and Juanita Price) were instrumental in creating this opportunity for student leaders to collaborate.
For more info, contact usc.ego@gmail.com |
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Guest Blogger to Post Series on Women in Higher Ed
 This week, Dr. Kristen Renn, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education at Michigan State University, will be a guest blogger on CHEPA's 21st Century Scholar. Renn was a student affairs professional for 12 years before joining the faculty. Her research focuses on issues of identity in higher education, including studies of mixed race identities, LGBT students, and leaders of identity-based student organizations. More about Renn.Look for her posts on 21st Century Scholar: April 18: Why Women's Colleges? April 19: Women's Higher Education Worldwide April 20: Women's Institutions Provide Access April 21: Women's Institutions as Paradoxes April 22: Why Women's Colleges Are Necessary in the 21st Century |
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Rossier Faculty & Students Present at CATESOL
Rossier students and faculty from the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program presented at California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) 2011 annual conference in Long Beach April 7-10, themed "The Art and Passion of Language Teaching."
Donna Brinton presented "CBI at the Community College Level: Is it feasible?" and lead the workshop "Essentials of Teaching Pronunciation." Dr. Christian Chun presented "The Multimodal Pedagogies of Teaching a YouTube Video."
Student presenters included Jacqueline Bendy, Andrea Coats, Katie Skipper, Chris Van Boovan, and Lanfan Wang.
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