Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

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.

• 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 -
• The 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 -

†=private

• Coalition of Urban Serving Universities—Official web site
• Members of USU—Official list