RESEARCH
CUMU is a leading voice and forum for current and future generations of higher education leaders grounded in urban and metropolitan communities. Our member campuses are on the leading edge of critical issues in higher education and society. The power of CUMU is that we connect and convene these campuses to explore, create and disseminate knowledge that supports our campuses and the communities they serve.
SEEKING PEER REVIEWERS
We have ongoing opportunities for peer review of CUMU publications and reports.
Current research fellows
CUMU Impact Fellowship
The CUMU Impact Fellowship provides leadership on behalf of the CUMU membership on initiatives related to impact, data, and metrics in institutional and/or regional impact.
CUMU–Collaboratory Research Fellowship
The CUMU–Collaboratory Research Fellowship explores campus-community partnerships on a national scale. Practitioner-scholars leverage Collaboratory Data to advance knowledge around campus-community partnerships. Fellowships help advance research and programmatic ideas that correlate with ongoing CUMU and Collaboratory initiatives.
CUMU–Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Research Fellow
This CUMU–Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Research Fellow advances scholarship by leveraging the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Anchor Economy Dashboard, a digital tool showing anchor impacts for the entire U.S. by region and introducing a new reliance index, demonstrating how dependent regional economies are on these institutions.
Josie Gatti Schafer named CUMU–Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Research Fellow
Previously funded research
Research fellow: Paul Kuttner, 2023 CUMU–Collaboratory Research Fellow
Research team: Erin Clouse, Tanner Ellison, University of Utah Health
Research fellow: Lina D. Dostilio, 2019 CUMU Research Fellow
Research team: Mary L. Ohmer, Kara McFadden, Carrie Finkelstein, University of Pittsburgh; Sera Mathew, Point Park University
Funder: The Kresge Foundation
