USC Rossier School of Education

July 10 is coming up, an important application deadline for select USC Rossier programs.

This deadline applies to EDL, OCL, PASA, EC, DSLA, LDAI and MSAL.

For prospective students preparing their applications, now is a good time to review requirements, finalize materials and make sure everything is submitted by the deadline.

USC Rossier is proud to be a Strategic Partner at the ICGS 2026 Global Forum on Girls’ Education in Toronto.

Join Vice Dean Mark Robison for an interactive workshop on goals, skills, networks and graduate education options.
📍 Oxford
🗓 Wednesday, June 24
⏰ 2:20–3:10 p.m.

Visit us in the exhibit hall to connect with the USC Rossier team.

Summer is more than a break. It's a reset.

For educators, students and everyone who shows up to learn and teach each day, this season offers something rare: space. Space to reflect on the year behind you, to reconnect with what brought you here and to recharge for what's ahead.

Whether that looks like rest, curiosity, creativity or simply slowing down, it all counts. Here's to a summer that restores your energy and renews your sense of purpose.

Juneteenth marks a pivotal moment in American history, one worth pausing to honor and reflect on.

For educators and communities working toward a more equitable future, today is a reminder of how far that work reaches and how much it matters.

Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth.

For Sridaya Mandyam Komar, earning a doctorate isn't about sitting in an "ivory tower", it's about becoming a practitioner scholar who uses knowledge and wisdom to make an impact and help others.

A former engineer and K-12 math teacher, Sridaya describes her journey as an "action-drama" movie, filled with character development, intense emotions, and the drive to meet every deadline.

Whether she is grounding herself with a gratitude journal, finding calm at a campus fountain, or reflecting by the ocean, she’s leaned into the "privileged inquirer" mindset. As she prepares to graduate, she carries with her a life-long imprint: the memory of defending her dissertation and the realization that in this program, no one is ever alone in their anxieties.

Empty classrooms. Shrinking budgets. Aging buildings built for twice the students now enrolled.

What does a district do when enrollment falls? Pedro Noguera, dean of USC Rossier, and Rubén Aurelio, superintendent of Vallejo City Unified, dig into that question on the Education on the Line podcast.

Worth a listen for anyone working in public education.

Education On The Line Education Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Education On The Line (formerly titled Sparking Equity) is a podcast focusing on the mounting political, financial, legal and ideological threats to public education. It will provide strategies to he…

Valerie Gomez grew up navigating higher education without a roadmap. Now, as a Provost Postdoctoral Fellow at the Pullias Center for Higher Education, she's building one for others.

Her Spencer Foundation-funded research examines how Salvadoran immigrant mothers use storytelling to share war- and migration-related trauma with their daughters and how those narratives shape college aspirations across generations.

At the same time, she runs Latina Grad Guide, an Instagram platform she created to support first-generation Latinas through college and graduate school. Through a partnership with the TELACU Education Foundation, the platform's scholarship program has awarded $45,000 to graduate students to date.

Read about her research, her platform and what keeps her grounded in community.

Cultivating scholarship rooted in community USC Postdoctoral fellow Valerie Gomez reflects on her experience at the Pullias Center, her research on Salvadoran immigrant families and her mission to expand access to higher education.

Unlock your child’s potential at USC SEEDS Summer Camp, a research-backed STEM + Creativity experience designed by USC Rossier faculty. Middle schoolers in 5th-8th grade dive into hands-on science and sports science at Pilgrim School from June 15–July 24!

To register and for more information, please visit: https://bit.ly/3RVjqK5