MEMBERSHIP
Since 1989, CUMU has become a leading voice and forum for higher education leaders anchoring and energizing urban and metropolitan communities. We help our members contend with the complexities of their work by providing opportunities for them to exchange ideas for how to dismantle barriers and institutionalize practices that enable intentional, transformative change involving students, faculty, staff, and community partners.
A membership for your entire campus
CUMU provides unique opportunities for everyone on your campus—senior leadership, administrators, faculty, staff, students, and partners—to participate in and benefit from CUMU.
Connect. Learn. Collaborate.
Our campuses are on the edge of what is happening in higher education and society. The power of CUMU is our ability to connect and convene members to address critical challenges, share impactful solutions, and gain national visibility.
- Metropolitan Universities journal
- Research agenda and fellows program
- Grant-funded pilot programs
- Member news-driven monthly newsletter
- Social media and marketing campaigns
- Annual conference and regional meetings
- Role-based and thematic huddles
- Anchor Learning Network
- Learning & Sharing Virtual Series
- Barbara A. Holland Scholar-Administrator Award
About membership
CUMU membership includes everyone on your campus—senior leadership, administrators, faculty, staff, students, and partners—and allows them participate in and benefit from CUMU.
- Annual dues are the same for all institutional members, regardless of size.
- Membership is open on a rolling basis.
- FY24 institutional membership dues are $3,500 (07/01/2023–06/30/2024).
Member campus designee
A critical way we engage with CUMU members is through a campus designee. Each member has at least one designee who serves as the primary point of contact and helps their institution make the most of their membership. The designee is usually someone who holds a leadership position and is involved in critical aspects of their campus’ role as an urban or metropolitan college/university, and is knowledgeable of membership benefits, engages in our programming, encourages others to get involved, shares information with the president/chancellor, sends us success stories to promote, etc.
- Are you a CUMU member but not sure who your designee is? Contact us to find out.
- Are you the campus designee and want to learn more about programming, opportunities to get involved, and ways to promote your membership across campus? Contact us to schedule a call.
Current CUMU members
CUMU is unique. While our 115+ members are spread across four countries on three continents, they are committed to CUMU’s place-based mission and share similar values and challenges. We welcome all types of campuses and our current CUMU membership includes private and public institutions; four-year and community colleges; historically Black colleges and universities; large research universities; liberal arts colleges; and religiously affiliated institutions.
MEMBER INSTITUTIONS
METRO AREAS REPRESENTED
MILLION STUDENTS ENROLLED
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Marcos
Case Western Reserve University
Central Connecticut State University
College of Staten Island, CUNY
Colorado State University Spur
Community College of Philadelphia
Florida International University
The George Washington University
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Metropolitan Community College, Nebraska
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Northeastern Illinois University
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
University of Central Oklahoma
University of Colorado – Denver
University of Connecticut, Hartford
University of Houston-Downtown
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Maryland, Baltimore
University of Massachusetts Lowell
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Michigan Dearborn
University of Missouri Extension and Engagement
University of Missouri-Kansas City
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Texas at Dallas
University of South Carolina Upstate
University of Southern Indiana
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The University of Texas at Dallas
The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
University of the District of Columbia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington State University Tri-Cities
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