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)...
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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...
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...
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
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...
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...
Aug 26, 2017
The Future Ready Campus: Opportunities + Outcomes = Student Success
How can we connect student success outcomes, return on investment, and strategic resource allocation in a way that sustains the...
Aug 2, 2017
California State University, Fresno Collaborates with Fresno Unified School District to Support Succ
California State University, Fresno, was one of 12 members of the Collation of Urban Serving Universities to receive a Collaborative...
Jul 21, 2017
Georgia State University Scales Student Success Model to Reach a Broader Student Population
At Georgia State University, we have successfully raised graduation rates, lowered time to degree, and decreased debt for our students by...
May 19, 2017
Collaborating for Change: Flexible Degrees at Portland State University
This blog entry features Portland State University’s Collaborating for Change project efforts. PSU is one of three USU institutions...
Apr 21, 2017
Bridge to the Future: CSUN Puts College on the Agenda for Canoga Park High School Students
In Canoga Park, a community in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, many students at Canoga Park High School aren’t planning to attend for...
Mar 31, 2017
A Boot Camp for Innovation in Bioscience: LABioStart
Entrepreneurs play a critical role in our economy. The innovations they develop have a cascading effect on job creation, standards of...
Mar 17, 2017
USU Heads West: The Frontier Set
What does it mean to be a pioneer? For most, this label conjures up an image of intrepid explorers, leaving behind their known world to...
Feb 24, 2017
Accessible, Affordable, Attainable: Reinventing Curriculum Delivery in Health Care Education
Adult college students who have made significant progress in their careers don’t have time to go back and start all over from the...
Feb 3, 2017
VCU Launches New University-Community Partnership: the MLK Jr Collaborative Intervention Project
Like many urban-serving institutions, Virginia Commonwealth University is located in a high-needs community where K-12 students struggle...
Oct 28, 2016
Small Changes, Big Results: How “Re-imagining the First Year” Is Changing the Way We View Student Su
The first year of college is a critical period that shapes students’ impressions of the university and their place in the campus...
Jul 22, 2016
Leaders and entrepreneurs gather to tackle urban challenges at CEOs for Cities National Meeting
As a university leader, how can you be sure that students are getting the skills they need to keep up with the rapidly-changing job...
Feb 11, 2016
Urban Serving Universities Collaborate to Transform Higher Education, Strengthen Cities
Portland State University Life Sciences Building In 2014 a cohort of seven public urban research institutions embarked on a bold journey...
Sep 28, 2015
Will this degree get me a job? Cleveland State’s Career Pathways Orientation
Photo Credit: University of Minnesota “Will this degree get me a job?” To help students, their families, faculty and employers see the...
Aug 12, 2015
Building Deep University-City Collaboration: Wayne State’s Warrior STEAM Saturdays
At the USU Summer meeting at Cleveland State University, our theme was deep collaboration between campus and community. As part of the...
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