The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (commonly referred to as USU) is a selective organization of 46 U.S. universities and 1 university medical center located in metropolitan areas. The USU member schools began formally meeting in 2005.[1]
Governance
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
- Arizona State University -

- Boise State University -

- California State University, East Bay -

- California State University, Fullerton -

- California State University, Long Beach -

- California State University, Northridge -

- Cleveland State University -

- Florida International University -

- Fresno State University -

- Georgia State University -

- Morgan State University -

- Ohio State University -

- Portland State University -

- Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis -

- San Francisco State University -

- San Jose State University -

- The State University of New York System -

- Stony Brook University -

- SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry -

- SUNY Downstate Medical Center -

- SUNY Upstate Medical University -

- Temple University -

- Texas Tech University -

- University at Albany, SUNY -

- University at Buffalo, SUNY -

- University of Akron -

- University of Central Florida -

- University of Cincinnati -

- University of Colorado Denver -

- University of Houston -

- University of Illinois at Chicago -

- University of Louisville -

- University of Massachusetts Boston -

- University of Memphis -

- University of Minnesota -

- University of Missouri-Kansas City -

- University of New Mexico -

- University of North Carolina at Charlotte -

- University of Washington, Tacoma -

- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee -

- Virginia Commonwealth University -

- Wayne State University -

- Wichita State University -

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References
- ↑ http://www.usucoalition.org/downloads/part4/great_cities_great_universities.pdf%5B%5D
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Coalition of Urban Serving Universities—Official web site
- Members of USU—Official list
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