Urban University Blog

Jun 17, 2016

Success for Adult Learners at University: An On-Line Toolkit

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

Feb 22, 2016

New Report & Implementation Guide Urge Use of Micro-Grants to Turn Would-Be College Dropouts int

Photo Credit; University of Illinois at Chicago In an effort to prevent low-income college students nearing graduation from dropping out,...

May 20, 2015

Project Management to Support Student Success Innovations

When I think about innovation, it has a dynamic sound. Something in motion, letting our creativity take flight to create new ideas. ...

Apr 9, 2015

Building a Region: CSU5 for Greater Los Angeles

Building a Region: The CSU 5 Five California State University campuses serving Los Angeles have committed to working collaboratively to...

Mar 11, 2015

Connecting Students to the Labor Market: The Talent Development Network

How can we better connect higher education to employers to the benefit of students, businesses and the city? USU put that question to its...

Mar 3, 2015

Advancing Equity in STEM through Engagement

Photo Credit: Georgia State University How do we best advance equity in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)? While we’ve...

Feb 20, 2015

What Does it Mean to Anchor a Community?

Photo Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago Anchor institutions enhance the economic, social and cultural well-being of their home...

Feb 9, 2015

Getting Better At Getting Better: President Mark Rosenberg, FIU, on Advancing Student Performance

Photo credit: Florida International University One of the lessons that I learned as Chancellor of the State University System of Florida...

Jan 26, 2015

Launch Day: Welcome to Urban University, The Blog of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

Photo Credit: University of Illinois at Chicago Welcome to the new blog of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU). We invite...