Prioritization Milestones

• Ongoing academic program review involving regular self-studies. The goal is to conduct University-wide academic review every 5-7 years, as part of a continuous improvement process.
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Prioritization Maintain with Conditions Proposals: Programs designated as “Maintain with Conditions” as part of Program Prioritization (2017-2019) are required to develop proposals outlining their approach to address the conditions they must satisfy, which were identified in the Provost’s Howard Forward Academic Program Prioritization Report and Recommendations.
• The next round of academic program review will begin AY 2024-25 and will last through AY 2027-28. Based on feedback from departments, this process will be staggered, with multiple cohorts.

Programs designated as “Strategic Investment” areas, “Core Investment” areas, and “Maintain As Is” as part of Program Prioritization (2017-2019) could develop internal grant proposals.

Cycle 1 (AY 2021-2022) Strategic Investment Area Awards, Core Investment Area Awards, and Small Grants to Programs Designated Maintain As Is

• 25 proposals submitted in Cycle 1.
• Awarded $16,870,357 in funding to 11 academic programs. 

The Program Innovation Review Committee (PIRC) was established under auspices of the Office of Academic Innovation to review and approve proposals for new academic programs at Howard University.

The Academic Innovation Fund provides financial resources to seed the development and implementation of innovative academic programming and projects at Howard University. This will include both direct resources, as well as in-kind support from the Office of Academic Innovation. The Office of Academic Innovation will oversee the Academic Innovation Fund and facilitate the creation, advancement, and implementation of innovative, contemporary, interdisciplinary, and inclusive educational experiences for students, faculty, and staff. 

The Office of the Provost adopted an online system, Faculty Success (formerly Digital Measures) by Watermark, to capture information about faculty activities in one place.  This faculty activity data will be used to support multiple activities such as promotion, tenure, appointments and reappointments, accreditation reporting, and annual faculty evaluations.

• Center for Applied Data Science and Analytics
• Center for HBCU Research, Leadership, and Policy
• Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership
• HPS Investment Partners Center for Financial Excellence
• Warner/Blavtnik Center for Music and Entertainment Business
• Center for Digital Marketing
• Center for Digital Business in the School of Business
• Center for Equitable Economy & Sustainable Society
• PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship
• Marriot Center for Hospitality Management

• BA/JD Dual Degree Program
• Social Justice Professional Development Certificate, College of Arts and Sciences
• BS Chemistry/Doctor of Pharmacy Dual Degree Program, Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Pharmacy
• Department Earth, Environment, and Equity, College of Arts and Sciences
• PharmD/MPH Dual Degree Program

• Online MSW
• Master of Accountancy
• MS in Finance
• MS in Data Analytics
• Undergraduate Degree Completion
• Doctor of Nursing Practice
• Master of Health Administration

Program Redesign Proposals: Programs slated for a “Reorganization/Consolidation” as part of Program Prioritization (2017-2019) complete proposals outlining their plans to reimagine themselves in keeping with the Provost’s Howard Forward Academic Program Prioritization Report and Recommendations (2020).

• Closure of the Classics Department
• Closure of the Comprehensive Sciences Department
• Discontinuance of the BA in French major, College of Arts and Sciences
• Discontinuance of the BA in Art History major, College of Arts and Sciences
• Discontinuance of the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, School of Education
• Discontinuance of Dental Hygiene Certificate in the College of Dentistry
• Moratoria on Admissions to Terminal Master’s Programs in the Graduate School
• General Education Reform 
• Establishment of the Department of Comprehensive Care in the College of Dentistry