Strategic Plan
CENTER FOR HBCU RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP, AND POLICY
2025-2030 Strategic Plan Goals and Action Plan
“HBCU Research Matters. HBCU Researchers Matter.”
| STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS | OBJECTIVES |
|---|---|
| Goal 1: Develop and implement a capacity building research agenda | Prioritize the HBCU Center Research Network (HCRN) by formalizing and expanding the roles of key HBCU Center stakeholders to enhance the HBCU researcher pipeline through research sponsorship and strategic programming. |
| Goal 2: Attain financial stability by securing resources that support the HBCU Center’s mission | Develop and refine operational structures, processes, practices, and initiatives that target, attract, and retain formal partnerships, strategic alliances, and sponsors. |
| Goal 3: Empirically document and widely disseminate the HBCU Center’s impact and influence | Enhance the HBCU Center’s data-driven assessment plan to ensure alignment with goals and priorities; document progress toward achieving outcomes and implement a formal strategy for disseminating its impact. |
Vision
The Center for HBCU Research, Leadership, and Policy at Howard University is to become a premier generator and repository of empirical research that examines issues of significance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and disseminates findings that inform discourse, policy, and practice.
Center Mission and Goals
The mission of the Center for HBCU Research, Leadership, and Policy is to bring together researchers and practitioners to support a thriving HBCU ecosystem.
Our goals are to:
- Produce empirical research studies and offer programs that document the collective strength of HBCUs.
- Illuminate how HBCUs, as academic and cultural institutions, have challenged formal and informal structures intended to restrict Black opportunity and possibility.
- Create an inclusive HBCU research network that promotes professional, institutional and scholarly collaboration.
Core Values: (Affirm, Amplify & Advocate)
The Center for HBCU Research, Leadership, and Policy, is committed to:
- Affirming the centrality of HBCUs in the production and dissemination of knowledge
- Amplifying HBCUs as exemplars of institutional resilience and agents of social challenge and change
- Advocating for perspectives, policies, and practices that are inclusive, just, and transformative