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Cultivating Change
We prepare leaders to achieve educational equity through practice, research and policy. Through innovative thinking and research, we solve the most intractable educational problems.
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USC Rossier offers a range of programs designed for aspiring teachers, experienced educators and organizational leaders at various stages in their careers.
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Value at a Glance
Alumni are California K–12 district superintendents.
USC Rossier-trained educators are responsible for 1/3 of the state's schoolchildren.
Faculty members among Education Week's top 200 scholars.
Pedro A. Noguera, Shaun Harper, Christopher Emdin, William Tierney, Estela Mara Bensiom, Morgan Polikoff and Julie Marsh named among nation's most influential education scholars.
Of alumni say their USC Rossier education prepared them to be more effective in their career.
News & Insight
Buu Van Nygren EdD ’21 elected to Navajo Nation president
Among his platforms included mitigating the challenges COVID-19 brought to schools in the Navajo Nation
Dean Noguera launches USC Rossier Educational Equity Initiative
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed longstanding inequities in American schooling.
What are higher education’s responsibilities in times of crisis?
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, distinguished scholar of education, globalization and migration, spoke with the USC Rossier community on Nov. 2
Working to close the achievement gap
USC Rossier faculty, alumni and students gathered in the Bay Area.
“Every powerful alumni network has active alumni”
Q&A with Tom Arteaga, USC Rossier’s new director of alumni engagement
From Our Alumni
“The diversity of folks in the EdD program allowed me to really open up my mind to other ways that I can use this degree.”
Rosalind Conerly EdD ’16
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
At City Heights Prep, Vargas intends to be “one of the many who carries the torch for USC Rossier’s mission and vision.”
Elias Vargas EdD ’17
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
“I was drawn into the Trojan Family and how highly spirited and connected the community is. USC also has a robust list of resources, opportunities and services that supported my holistic experience.”
Danelle Go PASA ’22
Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs
USC Rossier Research Centers
Led by world-class faculty, our eight research centers conduct cutting-edge research in several critical areas. The work of our centers is guided by a desire to positively impact educational policy and practice at all levels.
Our Impact in Los Angeles
Investing and embedding our work in the needs of the community is central to our mission. USC Rossier is building on our rich history of community partnerships to use education as a force for positive change. The Spring/Summer 2022 issue of USC Rossier Magazine explores the wide and varied work—past, present and emerging—of the USC Rossier community in the areas near and around USC.
