Thinking Big: Incorporating Career Readiness Competencies into Curriculum
By Ryan Bell, Brandon Adler, and Scott Pentzer, University of New Orleans The University of Memphis Collaborative Opportunity Grant (COG)...
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- Apr 27
Putting First Gen Students First
By Alisha Rose Henderson, Caitlin Fisher, and Melvyn Harding, University of Memphis California State University L.A. (Cal State) has a...
- Sep 27, 2021
Fixing 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...
- May 5, 2020
Universities Strategies to Support Students’ Mental Health Amid the Pandemic
The global pandemic caused by the coronavirus has overturned many lives in just a few months. A rise in mental health issues has occurred...
- May 1, 2020
Addressing College Student Food Insecurity during a Pandemic
Many colleges in the United States have launched food pantries in order to combat the growing problem of food insecurity among college...
- Apr 1, 2020
University Maker Space & Medical Center Network Coordination
Calling All USU Innovation and Maker Spaces! Our friends at dpict—a design and facilitation firm— and The Value Web network would...
- Dec 22, 2017
University Public Safety Partnerships that Advance Student Success
Public safety concerns all communities across the United States. Over the past decade, people’s sense of safety has been in decline. Yet,...
- Dec 15, 2017
Check List 2: Campus-Community Relationships to Build Resiliency
At the USU summer meeting, we partnered with APLU’s Council on Engagement and Outreach, to dig deep into the topics of resiliency and...
- Dec 12, 2017
Anchoring the Community: The Deepening Role of Universities
As part of its agenda, USU regularly collects and analyzes data across its network of urban campuses to create a reliable, factual...
- Dec 8, 2017
Checklist: Key Components of A More Resilient University That Anchors the Community
At the USU summer meeting, we partnered with APLU’s Council on Engagement and Outreach, to dig deep into the topics of resiliency and...
- Nov 29, 2017
Resilient Cities, Resilient Communities
Over the summer, USU, in partnership with the Council for Engagement and Outreach, held a facilitated convening to gain a deeper...
- Sep 13, 2017
(Re)Connect to College – Working with “Stop-out” Students in Cleveland
Cleveland State University (CSU) and College Now Greater Cleveland are collaborating on a project called (Re)Connect to College – aimed...
- Aug 26, 2017
The Future Ready Campus: Opportunities + Outcomes = Student Success
How can we connect student success outcomes, return on investment, and strategic resource allocation in a way that sustains the...
- Aug 2, 2017
California State University, Fresno Collaborates with Fresno Unified School District to Support Succ
California State University, Fresno, was one of 12 members of the Collation of Urban Serving Universities to receive a Collaborative...
- Jun 2, 2017
Web-Based Toolkit Helps Universities Advance Community Health Equity
More than 60 million Americans live in areas without enough health care providers to meet demand – primarily in minority and low-income...
- Apr 21, 2017
Bridge to the Future: CSUN Puts College on the Agenda for Canoga Park High School Students
In Canoga Park, a community in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, many students at Canoga Park High School aren’t planning to attend for...
- Mar 31, 2017
A Boot Camp for Innovation in Bioscience: LABioStart
Entrepreneurs play a critical role in our economy. The innovations they develop have a cascading effect on job creation, standards of...
- Mar 24, 2017
Community Engaged Learning in the Inland Empire
At UC Riverside, we’ve always had many of our students engaged in service-learning and other volunteer opportunities in the community....
- Feb 17, 2017
Breaking Ground: A Wellspring of Civic Energy
The influential 2012 report A Crucible Moment called on higher education to infuse support for civic learning and democratic engagement...
- Feb 10, 2017
OPINION: Higher Ed Civic Engagement In The Post-Ferguson Era Means We Get Uncomfortable
Over the last few years the events in Ferguson, Baltimore and Charleston have elevated the need for fresh discussion in the higher...