USU Selects Next Executive Director
After an intensive national search, the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities is pleased to share that the Executive Director Search...
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Nov 14, 2022
Making a Difference for Adult Learners
In mid-October, USU hosted the Partnerships for Adult Learner Success (PALS) convening in Chicago, Illinois. The eight universities...
Aug 5, 2022
Improving the Student Experience at Urban Universities
By: Samantha Levine, Associate Director, Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) How can institutions of higher education attend to...
May 26, 2022
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)...
Apr 27, 2022
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...
Jan 24, 2022
Creating an infrastructure to support the thriving of BIPOC employees
Written By: Ame Lambert, Ph.D. Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion and Lindsay Romasanta, Ed.D., Assistant Vice President of...
Oct 11, 2021
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)...
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...
Aug 26, 2021
VCU's da Vinci Center Maximizes Online Learning Environments to Expand Access
By Emily Wykle, Director of External Affairs, and Lauren Rast, Assistant Professor, Physics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham...
Aug 26, 2021
UAB Students and Birmingham Community Leaders Propel the Magic City into the 21st Century
By Garret Westlake, Executive Director, VCU da Vinci Center and Erin Webster Garrett, Assistant Vice Provost for REAL, Virginia...
Apr 2, 2021
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...
Mar 18, 2021
Access is not Equity: Expanding Cultural Food Resources at University of Washington Tacoma
By Christine Stevens, Phd, University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) Students in my classes were sharing with me about skipping meals and...
Mar 18, 2021
Food Insecurity at Urban Universities: USU’s Collaborative Opportunity Grant
A hallmark of USU’s programming, the Collaborative Opportunity Grant (COG) is a seed funding initiative that leverages the role of urban...
Oct 7, 2020
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...
Jul 30, 2020
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...
Jul 29, 2020
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,...
Jul 28, 2020
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...
Jul 27, 2020
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...
Jul 24, 2020
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...
Jun 9, 2020
Institutional Resilience: Addressing Basic Needs
Leaders in student success know that the number of college students experiencing basic needs insecurity is much higher than the general...
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