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

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

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