The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) is a president-led organization committed to enhancing urban university engagement and tackling key urban challenges in our nation’s cities. With a membership of 41 public, urban research universities across 27 states, USU’s agenda focuses on: 21st century workforce, advancing racial justice and equity, health equity, and equitable student success. Annually, member campuses enroll over 1 million students, confer 276,000 degrees, employ 195,000 faculty and staff, and conduct $4.6 billion in university research. USU has partnered with the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to establish the APLU Office of Urban Initiatives, and remains in permanent partnership with APLU to jointly lead an urban agenda for the nation’s public universities.