15 June 2022

On Monday, the Association of Public and Land-grant universities (APLU) and the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) launched an online, open access course for higher education faculty, staff, and leaders to learn principles of “institutional transformation” that can foster equitable student success.

“What we are trying to do with this course is think through what student experience holistically looks like at a university. From the moment students first walk onto the campus, do they feel like they belong?” said Andréa Rodriguez, director at USU and APLU’s Office of Urban Initiatives and the staff lead for this project. “We also know that higher education often functions in silos, but this course is about bringing institutions together.”