Urban University Blog

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...

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...

Written By: Winston Savoy The global COVID-19 pandemic has shifted higher education through uncharted waters in 2020, and many colleges...

As a result of the COVID-19 health crisis, university leaders have had to move to remote learning, and navigate uncertainty around how...

Accelerating technological advances, population changes across many dimensions, greater economic, social and climate volatility and the...

Changing workforce demands, growing numbers of underrepresented students on campus, and national demographic shifts have provided a new...

The state of California has awarded California State University, Los Angeles a nearly $250,000 grant to create a fast track for students...

This blog was originally published on The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities blog on October 10, 2017 With all of the...

Cleveland State University (CSU) and College Now Greater Cleveland are collaborating on a project called (Re)Connect to College – aimed...

How can we connect student success outcomes, return on investment, and strategic resource allocation in a way that sustains the...

California State University, Fresno, was one of 12 members of the Collation of Urban Serving Universities to receive a Collaborative...

At Georgia State University, we have successfully raised graduation rates, lowered time to degree, and decreased debt for our students by...

“Professor, I cannot thank you enough for this. You gave me hope! I’ll do my best!” recently emailed Miguel, an FIU first-year student,...

This blog was originally published on the EDUCAUSE Review, Transforming Higher Ed blog on April 28, 2017 Last year, as program manager...

This blog entry features Portland State University’s Collaborating for Change project efforts. PSU is one of three USU institutions...

On a bright Wednesday morning, eighty of my colleagues and I walked into a performance hall warmed up and ready to sing. Not an odd thing...