Urban University Blog

After an intensive national search, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities is pleased to share that the Executive Director Search...

In mid-October, USU hosted the Partnerships for Adult Learner Success (PALS) convening in Chicago, Illinois. The eight universities...

By: Samantha Levine, Associate Director, Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) How can institutions of higher education attend to...

By Ryan Bell, Brandon Adler, and Scott Pentzer, University of New Orleans The University of Memphis Collaborative Opportunity Grant (COG)...

By Alisha Rose Henderson, Caitlin Fisher, and Melvyn Harding, University of Memphis California State University L.A. (Cal State) has a...

Written By: Ame Lambert, Ph.D. Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion and Lindsay Romasanta, Ed.D., Assistant Vice President of...

Dina Refki, Rukhsana Ahmed, and Jeanette Altarriba University at Albany, State University of New York The Institute of Medicine (2001)...

Authors: Nikkino Wesson, Fedoria Rugless, Daniel Greenwood University of Memphis + Church Health In America we chase the dream that...

By Emily Wykle, Director of External Affairs, and Lauren Rast, Assistant Professor, Physics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham...

By Garret Westlake, Executive Director, VCU da Vinci Center and Erin Webster Garrett, Assistant Vice Provost for REAL, Virginia...

By Sammy Spann, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, University of Toledo Students, faculty, and staff realized the sustainable...

By Christine Stevens, Phd, University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) Students in my classes were sharing with me about skipping meals and...

A hallmark of USU’s programming, the Collaborative Opportunity Grant (COG) is a seed funding initiative that leverages the role of urban...

Two USU members have earned the coveted Seal of Excelencia, which recognizes institutions that intentionally serve and demonstrate...

How does one summarize the lessons learned over a month of discussions, activities, learning new theories, and sharing promising...

The fourth session in the USU Summer meeting series explored how applying a continuous improvement frame to student success efforts,...

Human Centered Design is an approach that focuses on creating solutions to identified issues by focusing on and designing with the end...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent protests against racism are inflection points for higher education. As students continue to face the...

What have urban serving universities learned from the COVID-19 crisis that can inform strategic planning for the future? What inequities...

Leaders in student success know that the number of college students experiencing basic needs insecurity is much higher than the general...