First Digital Metropolitan Universities Journal Issue Released
After 26 years, 26 volumes, and 95 issues, CUMU’s higher education 
journal, Metropolitan Universities, has gone digital! Our first issue in 1990 addressed the identity and culture of metropolitan universities, touching on their common attributes, as well as their diversity. Since then, issue themes have run the gamut from faculty roles and rewards to student experiences and to our most recent issue about measuring our engagement with our communities.
Our first truly digital issue is available now! Volume 27, Issue 1 is entitled Love of Place: The Metropolitan University Advantage: 2015 CUMU National Conference in Omaha. This issue features articles from presenters at the 2015 CUMU Conference held in Omaha. It celebrates and recognizes the unique opportunities that metropolitan universities provide for their communities and their students. The articles all center on the idea of stewardship and being engaged in the communities that our universities are located in.
Articles in this issue range from reflections on service-learning courses and other community engagement programs to examining the role of collaboration in higher education in the digital age. They cover an excellent cross-section of the presentations at the 2015 conference and help to continue and encourage further discussion on these important topics facing our institutions.
Table of Contents
- Love of Place: The Metropolitan University Advantage: 2015 CUMU National Conference in Omaha
Joseph A. Allen, Kelly A. Prange, Sara Woods, B.J. Reed, Deborah Smith-Howell - Collaboration in an Era of Change: New Forms of Community Problem-Solving
Judith Ramaley - Reflection Promotes Transformation in a Service Learning Course
Caitlin M. Stover - Teacher Training in Urban Settings: Inquiry, Efficacy, and Culturally Diverse Field Placements
Sheryl L. McGlamery, Bridget A. Franks, Saundra L. Shillingstad - The Dynamics of University/City Government Relationships: It’s Personal
Joanne E. Curry - Enhancing the STEM Ecosystem through Teacher-Researcher Partnerships
William Tapprich, Neal Grandgenett, Heather Leas, Steve Rodie, Robert Shuster, Chris Schaben, Christine Cutucache - Collective Impact Versus Collaboration: Sides of the Same Coin OR Different Phenomenon?
Kelly Prange, Joseph A. Allen, Roni Reiter-Palmon - The University Next Door: Developing a Centralized Unit that Strategically Cultivates Community Engagement at an Urban University
Valerie L. Holton, Jennifer L. Early, Meghan Resler, Audrey Trussell, Catherine W. Howard - Volunteer Program Assessment at the University of Nebraska at Omaha: A Metropolitan University’s Collaboration with Rural and Spanish-Speaking Volunteers
Lisa L. Scherer, Victoria M. Graeve-Cunningham, Sheridan B. Trent, Stephanie A. Weddington, Adam R. Thurley, Kelly A. Prange, Joseph A. Allen
To read all of the articles, as well as the full archive of past issues, visit Metropolitan Universities online.