Urban University Blog

​ ​​​Calling All USU Innovation and Maker Spaces! ​​Our friends at dpict—a design and facilitation firm— and The Value Web network would...

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

“Professor, I cannot thank you enough for this. You gave me hope! I’ll do my best!” recently emailed Miguel, an FIU first-year student,...

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

This blog entry features Portland State University’s Collaborating for Change project efforts. PSU is one of three USU institutions...

Entrepreneurs play a critical role in our economy. The innovations they develop have a cascading effect on job creation, standards of...

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...

“If you want to build a world class city, build a great university and wait 200 years.” University of Texas at Austin President Gregory...

Cal State Fullerton has increased graduation rates, improved student persistence and dramatically lowered the student achievement gap...

The first year of college is a critical period that shapes students’ impressions of the university and their place in the campus...

Imagine this scenario at a hypothetical university: it’s the early 2000s, and online learning is an emerging concept growing in...

Collaborating for Change, we are releasing a series of resources to advance student success. One of the most under-recognized and growing...

Key Lessons The change process is: Student-centered Collaborative, both across campus and between campus and community Enbedded in the...

Change in higher education is the new normal. While we have spent a lot of time on this blog discussion innovations within the academy,...

At the USU Summer meeting at Cleveland State University, our theme was deep collaboration between campus and community. As part of the...