LOS ANGELES, California, May 24 -- University of Southern California Pullias Center for Higher Education issued the following news: * * * Pullias Center Founding Director William Tierney Awarded USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award Noted higher education scholar and USC Pullias Center founding director William (Bill) Tierney has been awarded the prestigious 2026 USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award. Awarded to a select number of retired faculty at the annual Academic Honors Convocation,   more