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Howard University continues to outperform many HBCU universities in several critical categories and recognition. It is, for example, the only HBCU University classified as a RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity) by Carnegie’s Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Howard University also appears to leverage its Washington, D.C. location to attract public and private funding. Howard is a private university which also enjoys partial funding by the U.S. Department of Education to the tune of $235 million annually. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, through its Kauffman Campuses Initiative, is also a major funder of several Howard University entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives.

Howard University appears to be on the cusp of realizing its potential. However the University’s leadership must now make a commitment to institute and promote cohesive innovation and entrepreneurship programs, and institutional culture. And there is reason for optimism; The Dean of Howard University School of Business, Barron H. Harvey, Ph.D., is a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Dr. Harvey is also a tireless advocate for the innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization programs at Howard.

Comments by Dr. Harvey and his colleagues have been instructive in better understanding Howard’s various innovative entrepreneurship, research and technology transfer programs, as well as understanding the impact of the NACIE commitment letter in framing Howard’s strategic plans and institutional culture.

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship welcomes Howard University’s assistance with this case study, and looks forward to a continued close and collaborative relationship in building America’s innovation infrastructure.

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<br/>Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.

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