Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU)
AbbreviationCUMU
Formation1989
Typenon-governmental organization
PurposeServing and connecting the world’s urban and metropolitan universities and their partners.
HeadquartersTowson, Maryland
Membership
115+ colleges and universities and their partners worldwide
Executive Director
Valerie Holton, Ph.D.
Websitewww.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] Today, CUMU works to build connections across its membership to create and share knowledge on the issues that face our urban and metropolitan campuses and the communities they serve.

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]

  1. ^ "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.

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