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:

1. Produce empirical research studies and offer programs that document the collective strength of HBCUs.
2. Illuminate how HBCUs, as academic and cultural institutions, have challenged formal and informal structures intended to restrict Black opportunity and possibility.
3. 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