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...
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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...
Mar 16, 2020
Navigating to the Future: A University Roadmap to Deliver 21st Century Skills
Accelerating technological advances, population changes across many dimensions, greater economic, social and climate volatility and the...
Mar 9, 2020
Going for Impact: Lessons from Piloting Completion Grants at Nine Universities
For low-income students, lacking a small amount of money can determine if they stay in college or drop out. Even when students receive...
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...
Sep 13, 2017
(Re)Connect to College – Working with “Stop-out” Students in Cleveland
Cleveland State University (CSU) and College Now Greater Cleveland are collaborating on a project called (Re)Connect to College – aimed...
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...
Jun 2, 2017
Web-Based Toolkit Helps Universities Advance Community Health Equity
More than 60 million Americans live in areas without enough health care providers to meet demand – primarily in minority and low-income...
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...
Apr 14, 2017
Social Justice and Student Success at Georgia State University
Georgia State University (GSU) has demonstrated that students from all backgrounds can succeed. Situated in downtown Atlanta, GSU...
Nov 25, 2016
What’s the Value of Public Higher Education?
In times of uncertainty, it’s helpful to take a step back and reflect upon our core values and mission. Why are we here? What do we do...
Aug 19, 2016
5 Things Universities Can Do to Engage Faculty in Student Success
As the summer draws to a close, you and your colleagues may be contemplating how you will achieve your goals for the upcoming academic...
Aug 5, 2016
Urban Universities Excel at Improving Student Retention and Degree Completion
Image Credit: John Walker The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named four urban-serving institutions as finalists...
Feb 25, 2016
Meet Seven Urban Serving Universities Collaborating for Change
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...
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...
Feb 2, 2016
Small Grants Produce Big Results to Push Students Across the College Finish Line
Photo credit: Georgia State University Nearly everyone has had, or will have, an unexpected financial need. The car breaks down. A child...
Dec 14, 2015
Educators Are Pitch Perfect in $165,000 Advising Innovation Competition
L-R: Peter Meiksins, Isis Artze-Vega, Melissa Welker, Sona Andrews, Jacqueline Smith, Alan Houston. Photo Courtesy of APLU. Maybe you...
Oct 6, 2015
Global Macrotrends Shaping Higher Education: The Economist Higher Education Forum
Change in higher education is the new normal. While we have spent a lot of time on this blog discussion innovations within the academy,...
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