Planning Our Future

Our strategic planning process is rooted in Howard’s commitment to excellence and the bonds we share with our community. Guided by our principles of truth and service, we’re engaging students, staff, faculty, alumni, neighboring businesses, government officials, and other key stakeholders through events, curated conversations, and surveys. Building from the voices of the Howard community, our current efforts are driving the development of a plan that fosters clarity and accountability and will be a guiding document for decisions and resource allocation across the university. This process will foster shared ownership within the plan and ensure that everyone’s needs are considered.

We’ve created multiple avenues to ensure we build this plan with our stakeholders. See below for events to engage in.

Following these principles, we created two governance committees: the Bison Vision Council and Hilltop Architects to determine the priorities for not just Howard, but our entire Bison community.

Since Fall of 2024 we’ve held conversations on emerging issues such as AI and challenges facing higher education. Throughout the planning process, we’ll discuss the topics most impacting our community today including financial challenges and mental well-being. We’re also engaging our external partners with regular communications, meetings, and pop-up events on campus to gather input from all stakeholders. This feedback will be collected into the primary themes of our new strategic plan to bring Howard to Maximum Strength.

Here, we highlight the significant accomplishments and completed projects that have propelled us forward. Explore our successes and see how every action brings us closer to operating at maximum strength.