Urban University Blog

Georgia State University (GSU) is taking a leading role in response to dramatic demographic shifts in the Southeast United States....

Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago Transitioning from high school to college is rarely seamless.  Many students...

Sona Andrews, Provost, Portland State University, winner of the 2015 innovation pitch competition.  Photo Courtesy of APLU When Portland...

Florida international University (FIU) knew it had a teaching problem.  It even had a solution.  Bringing the two together was the...

A picture is worth a thousand words.  This one has 1,002. A bright-eyed Latina stands radiant in graduation cap and gown, her arms raised...

Photo Courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago They are not a club but enjoy a unique membership as part of a higher education...

Photo Credit; University of Illinois at Chicago In an effort to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out,...

Portland State University Life Sciences Building In 2014 a cohort of seven public urban research institutions embarked on a bold journey...

Photo credit: Georgia State University Nearly everyone has had, or will have, an unexpected financial need. The car breaks down.  A child...

L-R: Peter Meiksins, Isis Artze-Vega, Melissa Welker, Sona Andrews, Jacqueline Smith, Alan Houston.  Photo Courtesy of APLU. Maybe you...

Meaghan Duff, Executive Director, Personalized Learning Consortium Is personalized learning the answer to helping your campus reach,...

Photo Credit: University of New Mexico Campus leaders are used to seeking funds for new ideas.  But venturing into a shark tank like...

Change in higher education is the new normal. While we have spent a lot of time on this blog discussion innovations within the academy,...

Photo Credit: University of Minnesota “Will this degree get me a job?” To help students, their families, faculty and employers see the...

At the USU Summer meeting at Cleveland State University, our theme was deep collaboration between campus and community. As part of the...

At the USU Summer meeting, our speakers took a microscope to university-city partnerships and we used a graphic recorder to document...

When I think about innovation, it has a dynamic sound. Something in motion, letting our creativity take flight to create new ideas. ...

The USU convened an advisory group of provosts and other experts on faculty hiring to conduct a qualitative research study. Now, after...

Building a Region: The CSU 5 Five California State University campuses serving Los Angeles have committed to working collaboratively to...

“I know I’m supposed to go to college after high school, but is it really worth it?” This question, asked by high school student Patience...