Urban University Blog

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...

Fulfilling the Promise of Patient-Centered Care: Dismantling Framings that Foster Health Disparities

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

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...

Scaling Our Food Insecurity Approach: Thoughts from University of Toledo

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

Universidades de excelencia: USU members recognized for commitment to Latinx students

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

Wrap-Up: The Road Map to Day 2

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

Navigating Uncertainty: The Urgency of Continuous Improvement

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

Innovating for Equitable Outcomes: Applying Human-Centered Design to Address the Needs of Urban Univ

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

Leveraging 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...

Designing for Equitable Futures: Respond, Reset, Reinvent

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