Coalition of Urban Serving Universities
The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (commonly referred to as USU) is a selective organization of 39 U.S. public research universities located in metropolitan areas. The USU member schools began formally meeting in 2005.[1]
Governance
[edit]The USU Board of Directors is composed of Presidents and Chancellors of 10 member institutions. USU is headquartered in Washington, D.C.[2]
The coalition has four specific areas of focus with the goal of strengthening communities throughout the nation via health and community-involvement initiatives:[3]
- The Education Pipeline/Urban Educator Corps - to improve the quality and quantity of urban teachers and implement evidence-based “cradle-to-career” education partnerships.
- The Urban Health Initiative - to increase the number, diversity, and competence of the health workforce and reduce health disparities in urban communities.
- The Strengthening Communities Initiative - to revitalize neighborhoods, build community capacity, and strengthen regional economies.
- Student Performance - Fostering Student Achievement to identify, assess with appropriate metrics, and disseminate substantive, scalable best practices along the continuum of efforts that support student success and degree completion.
Membership
[edit]Current members include the following:[1]
- California State University, Fresno
- California State University, Los Angeles
- California State University, Northridge
- Cleveland State University[citation needed]
- Florida International University
- Georgia State University
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
- Kean University
- Kent State University
- Morgan State University
- Ohio State University
- Portland State University
- Rutgers University-Newark
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Temple University
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University at Albany, SUNY
- University of California, Riverside
- University of Central Florida
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Colorado Denver
- University of Houston
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Memphis
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- University of New Mexico
- University of New Orleans
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Texas
- University of South Carolina
- University of Texas at Arlington
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- University of Toledo
- University of Washington Tacoma
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Wayne State University
- Wichita State University
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Members", Coalition website. Accessed: 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2013-07-17.