Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

Last updated
Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)
AbbreviationCUMU
Formation1989
Type non-governmental organization
PurposeServing and connecting the world’s urban and metropolitan universities and their partners.
Headquarters Towson, Maryland
Membership115+ colleges and universities and their partners worldwide
Executive Director
Valerie Holton, Ph.D.
Website www.cumuonline.org

The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) is an international membership organization of colleges and universities located in urban and metropolitan areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values. CUMU was founded in 1989 by 10 university presidents gathered at Wright State University who realized their unique challenges and opportunities as they looked to the future of higher education. [1] [2]

Contents

CUMU is headquartered at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. [3] [4]

The organization publishes Metropolitan Universities journal, a scholarly publication addressing the issues facing urban and metropolitan-serving institutions, such as civic engagement, leadership, and shared academic spaces. As of 2016, the journal has been published entirely online as an open-access journal. [5] [6]

History

The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) was founded in 1989 by a group of presidents and chancellors who gathered at Wright State University. Member institutions pledged to enrich their communities while strengthening the campus’ core commitment to teaching and research. [7]

The first meeting of university leadership to define the “metropolitan university” was held at Wright State University. In 1990, 50 institutions signed the original Declaration of Metropolitan Universities, formalizing CUMU as an organization. In 1996, the first formal bylaws were written and approved. [1]

Headquarters

Wright State University served as the first CUMU headquarters. During this time period the organization held conferences and published Metropolitan Universities journal, but did not formally collect membership dues. In 1994, CUMU headquarters moved to University of North Texas. In 2002, CUMU headquarters moved to Eastern Michigan University and CUMU was incorporated in the state of Michigan. In 2006, following a competitive bidding process, Towson University was named as the CUMU administrative home. [8]

Leadership & Governance

CUMU is governed by a Board of Directors, [9] composed of presidents and chancellors of member institutions, and led by an executive director. [10] Board members are elected to two-year terms during the annual Presidents meeting at the CUMU Annual Conference in October. [11] In 2012, the President was Wendell Pritchett, former Chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden, Interim Dean and Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. The current CUMU chair is Kristin Sobelik, Chancellor of University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Valerie Holton, Ph.D., LCSW, was named executive director in June 2022. [12]

Metropolitan Universities Journal

Since 1990, the organization has published Metropolitan Universities journal, a scholarly publication addressing the issues facing urban and metropolitan-serving institutions. [13] As of 2016, the journal has been published entirely online as an open-access publication. The journal is hosted and supported by the IUPUI University Library. [14]

Editors

Membership

United States

*private

Canada

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Big Ten Conference</span> American collegiate athletics conference

The Big Ten Conference is the oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA. It is based in the Chicago area in Rosemont, Illinois. For many decades the conference consisted of ten prominent universities, which accounts for its name. On August 2, 2024, the conference expanded to 18 member institutions and 2 affiliate institutions. The conference competes in the NCAA Division I and its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Missouri System</span> Public university system in Missouri

The University of Missouri System is an American state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, and ten research and technology parks. Over 61,500 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses. The health care system operates several hospitals and clinics in central Missouri, while the extension program provides distance learning and other educational initiatives statewide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Michigan–Flint</span> Public university in Flint, Michigan, US

The University of Michigan–Flint (UM-Flint) is a public university in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1956 as the Flint Senior College, it was initially established as a remote branch of the University of Michigan, offering upper-division undergraduate courses. The institution developed into a fully-fledged university and received accreditation in 1970. Subsequently, the name was changed to the University of Michigan–Flint. It continues to adhere to the policies of the University of Michigan Board of Regents without having a separate governing board.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis</span> Defunct university in Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) was a public research university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was a collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University that offered undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees from both universities. Administered primarily through Indiana University as a core campus and secondarily through Purdue University as a regional campus, it was Indiana's primary urban research and academic health sciences institution. IUPUI was located in downtown Indianapolis along the White River and Fall Creek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Towson University</span> Public university at Towson, Maryland, U.S.

Towson University is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university has evolved into eight subsidiary colleges with over 20,000 students. Its 329-acre campus is situated in Baltimore County, Maryland, eight miles north of downtown Baltimore. Towson is one of the largest public universities in Maryland and still produces the most teachers of any university in the state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Summit League</span> American college athletic conference

The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States, from Minnesota in the east, to the Dakotas, Nebraska and Colorado to the West, and Missouri and Oklahoma to the South. Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982, it rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989, then again as the Summit League on June 1, 2007. The league headquarters are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horizon League</span> College sports league in the United States

The Horizon League is a collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Headquartered in Indianapolis, the league's eleven member schools are located in and near the Great Lakes region and in part of the Southern United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Michigan–Dearborn</span> Public university in Dearborn, Michigan, US

The University of Michigan–Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) is a public university in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1959 with a gift from the Ford Motor Company, it was initially known as the Dearborn Center, operating as a remote branch of the University of Michigan. Upon receiving its own accreditation in 1970, the branch became a fully-fledged university and subsequently changed its name to the University of Michigan–Dearborn. It continues to adhere to the policies of the University of Michigan Board of Regents without having a separate governing board.

Indiana University Columbus is a public university in Columbus, Indiana, a regional campus of Indiana University serving south central Indiana. Prior to July 2024, it was known as Indiana University–Purdue University Columbus, and was a joint collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University.

An urban university is a U.S. term for an institution of higher learning that is socially involved and serves as a resource for educating the citizens and improving the health of the city or region in which it is located. That is, the urban university must be “of” the city as well as “in” the city. A metropolitan university includes a similar mission; however, its research has national and international implications and its student body includes a significant number of international students. Many institutions have further defined what urban and metropolitan universities encompass.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Purdue University system</span> Public university system in Indiana

The Purdue University system is a public university system in the U.S. state of Indiana. A land-grant university with nearly 75,000 students across three institutions comprising five physical campuses, a statewide technology program, extension centers in each of Indiana's 92 counties, and continuing education programs. Additionally, there are another ~44,000 students enrolled in an online university. Each university in the system maintains its own faculty and admissions policies which are overseen by the Purdue University Board of Trustees. Purdue's main campus in West Lafayette is the best-known, noted for its highly regarded programs in engineering and adjacent subjects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Caret</span> American academic

Robert Laurent Caret is an American academic and university administrator. He is the former chancellor of the University System of Maryland and former president of San José State University, Towson University and the University of Massachusetts System.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Campus Compact</span> Coalition of college and university presidents

Campus Compact is a coalition of colleges and universities committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education.

The Great Cities' Universities (GCU) coalition, incorporated in 1998, is the successor organization to the Urban 13, an informal research-sharing association of urban universities in major metropolitan areas of the United States.

Karen A. White was the Regional Chancellor of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg from 2003 to 2009. She was appointed to the position in July 2003 by University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft, and stepped down in the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009. Prior to this appointment, White was the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and the Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha from 1993 to July 2003. White was also the Executive Assistant to the Chancellor of the University of Maryland System, a consultant to the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges on urban and metropolitan university issues, Assistant to the President at Wright State University, and Professor of Music at Southeastern Louisiana University. White is from Joplin, Missouri where she earned the baccalaureate degree in music education from the University of Arkansas and a masters and doctorate of musical arts from the University of Arizona.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Upsilon Phi Delta</span> American healthcare student group

Upsilon Phi Delta (ΥΦΔ) is a United States honor society for college students and individuals in the field of healthcare administration. The society was formed in 1965 to recognize and support academic excellence health administration students and to advance the profession. It is a member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, which oversees it operations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">IUPUI University Library</span> University library in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

IUPUI University Library is the university library of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. IUPUI is an urban campus of Indiana University and Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Indiana University is the managing partner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">College Sports Communicators</span>

College Sports Communicators (CSC) is a membership association for all strategic, creative and digital professionals working in intercollegiate athletics across all levels for colleges, universities and conferences across the United States and Canada. CSC provides year-round leadership, community, professional development, recognition and advocacy for its more than 4,100 members. The organization focused primarily on sports information directors before expanding during the 2022-23 academic year.

The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities is a selective organization of 39 U.S. public research universities located in metropolitan areas. The USU member schools began formally meeting in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Debasish Dutta</span> American academic

Debasish "Deba" Dutta is an American mechanical engineer and higher education administrator. He is currently senior advisor to the president of the University of Illinois System and, effective February 17, 2024, is serving as interim executive director of the Discovery Partners Institute.

References

  1. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "History - CUMU". www.cumuonline.org. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  3. "Headquarters - Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  4. "Partnerships & Outreach". Towson University. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  5. "Journal - Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  6. "Metropolitan Universities Journal - CUMU". www.cumuonline.org. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  7. Smith, Arthur. "Declaration". CUMU. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  8. Smith, Arthur. "History". CUMU. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  9. ccregan. "Leadership Team". CUMU. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  10. "Executive Committee - CUMU". www.cumuonline.org. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  11. "Executive Committee - Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
  12. CUMU (2022-06-08). "Valerie Holton named executive director of CUMU". CUMU. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  13. "Metropolitan Universities". journals.iupui.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  14. "About the Journal | Metropolitan Universities". journals.iupui.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  15. Smith, Arthur. "Ernest A. Lynton Legacy". CUMU. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  16. CUMU (2023-06-07). "Patrick M. Green named editor of Metropolitan Universities journal". CUMU. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
  17. "CUMU : Current Membership" (PDF). c.ymcdn.com. CUMU. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016.