Apr 27Putting First Gen Students FirstBy Alisha Rose Henderson, Caitlin Fisher, and Melvyn Harding, University of Memphis California State University L.A. (Cal State) has a...
Jan 24Creating an infrastructure to support the thriving of BIPOC employeesWritten By: Ame Lambert, Ph.D. Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion and Lindsay Romasanta, Ed.D., Assistant Vice President of...
Oct 11, 2021Fulfilling the Promise of Patient-Centered Care: Dismantling Framings that Foster Health DisparitiesDina Refki, Rukhsana Ahmed, and Jeanette Altarriba University at Albany, State University of New York The Institute of Medicine (2001)...
Sep 27, 2021Fixing the Messenger, not the Message:The University of Memphis, Church Health and Tigers Athletics Authors: Nikkino Wesson, Fedoria Rugless, Daniel Greenwood University of Memphis + Church Health In America we chase the dream that...
Aug 26, 2021VCU's da Vinci Center Maximizes Online Learning Environments to Expand AccessBy Emily Wykle, Director of External Affairs, and Lauren Rast, Assistant Professor, Physics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham...
Aug 26, 2021UAB Students and Birmingham Community Leaders Propel the Magic City into the 21st CenturyBy Garret Westlake, Executive Director, VCU da Vinci Center and Erin Webster Garrett, Assistant Vice Provost for REAL, Virginia...
Apr 2, 2021Scaling Our Food Insecurity Approach: Thoughts from University of ToledoBy Sammy Spann, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, University of Toledo Students, faculty, and staff realized the sustainable...
Mar 18, 2021Access is not Equity: Expanding Cultural Food Resources at University of Washington TacomaBy Christine Stevens, Phd, University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) Students in my classes were sharing with me about skipping meals and...
Mar 18, 2021Food Insecurity at Urban Universities: USU’s Collaborative Opportunity GrantA hallmark of USU’s programming, the Collaborative Opportunity Grant (COG) is a seed funding initiative that leverages the role of urban...
Oct 7, 2020Universidades de excelencia: USU members recognized for commitment to Latinx studentsTwo USU members have earned the coveted Seal of Excelencia, which recognizes institutions that intentionally serve and demonstrate...
Jul 30, 2020Wrap-Up: The Road Map to Day 2How does one summarize the lessons learned over a month of discussions, activities, learning new theories, and sharing promising...
Jul 29, 2020Navigating Uncertainty: The Urgency of Continuous ImprovementThe fourth session in the USU Summer meeting series explored how applying a continuous improvement frame to student success efforts,...
Jul 28, 2020Innovating for Equitable Outcomes: Applying Human-Centered Design to Address the Needs of Urban UnivHuman Centered Design is an approach that focuses on creating solutions to identified issues by focusing on and designing with the end...
Jul 27, 2020Leveraging Students’ Community Cultural Wealth: Moving from Deficit to Asset-Based Approaches The COVID-19 pandemic and the recent protests against racism are inflection points for higher education. As students continue to face the...
Jul 24, 2020Designing for Equitable Futures: Respond, Reset, ReinventWhat have urban serving universities learned from the COVID-19 crisis that can inform strategic planning for the future? What inequities...
Jun 9, 2020Institutional Resilience: Addressing Basic NeedsLeaders in student success know that the number of college students experiencing basic needs insecurity is much higher than the general...
May 26, 2020I just Graduated; Are you hiring?As many companies shut down and millions of employees are now without a job, recent graduates from the Class of 2020 fear for their...
May 19, 2020Academic Advising, Career Services and Social Distancing in a Global PandemicWritten By: Winston Savoy The global COVID-19 pandemic has shifted higher education through uncharted waters in 2020, and many colleges...
May 15, 2020In the Time of the Pandemics: How did Universities Respond? A look back in historyAlthough one hundred years apart, COVID-19 and the Spanish influenza pandemic, also known as the Spanish flu, share similarities. Both...
May 8, 2020Preparing the Class of 2020 for the New WorkforceAs students prepare to walk across makeshift stages in their homes for virtual graduation ceremonies, the COVID-19 crisis has interrupted...