Urban University Blog

Apr 13, 2020

Campus Communications During Covid 19: Examples by Category (DRAFT PAGE)

Below we have aggregated and organized campus communications to provide examples other universities can use. NOTE: This is a draft for...

Mar 21, 2020

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina for Navigating Covid 19: The Case of Tulane

In 2017, in the wake of Hurricanes Irma, Maria and Harvey, Scott Cowen, President Emeritus of Tulane University, spoke with USU leaders...

Dec 22, 2017

University Public Safety Partnerships that Advance Student Success

Public safety concerns all communities across the United States. Over the past decade, people’s sense of safety has been in decline. Yet,...

Dec 8, 2017

Checklist: Key Components of A More Resilient University That Anchors the Community

At the USU summer meeting, we partnered with APLU’s Council on Engagement and Outreach, to dig deep into the topics of resiliency and...

Oct 23, 2017

UCF President Hitt: How We’re Using Digital Learning to Increase Access and Improve Outcomes

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

May 26, 2017

Redesigning Advising? Online Course Provides Opportunity to Learn from Leading Colleges and Universi

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

Mar 3, 2017

Making Change in Urban Serving Universities

Change is in the air at America’s universities. Everyone is talking about institutional change, about transforming higher education to...