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The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (commonly referred to as USU) is a selective organization of 46 U.S. universities and 1 university medical center located in metropolitan areas. The USU member schools began formally meeting in 2005.〔http://www.usucoalition.org/downloads/part4/great_cities_great_universities.pdf〕 ==Governance== The USU Board of Directors is composed of Presidents and Chancellors of 10 member institutions. USU is headquartered in Washington, D.C..〔http://www.aplu.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=2761〕 The coalition has four specific areas of focus with the goal of strengthening communities throughout the nation via health and community-involvement initiatives:〔http://www.usucoalition.org/initiatives/〕 *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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Coalition of Urban Serving Universities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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