SERU is a member-run, not-for-profit, research consortium designed to reduce complexities and costs of collecting, managing, and reporting data, and to promote data-driven self-improvement.
It is based at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at UC Berkeley working in partnership with the University of Minnesota, i-graduate and member universities. Membership in the SERU Consortium is open to research-intensive universities (having R1 designation and equivalent international campuses) by invitation and for a multi-year term.
SERU member universities collaborate by:
Administering undergraduate and graduate SERU surveys (census, online, customized, longitudinal) of the research university experience
Sharing SERU benchmark data and best practices
Seeking paths for institutional self-improvement
For the most updated information about SERU, please visit SERU official website.