Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) officials are thrilled to congratulate member school Howard University for achieving a Research-1 (R-1) designation in the latest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Howard University’s status follows two significant developments: the Department of Defense (DoD) announcing the first University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) being awarded to a consortia of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) led by Howard, and the American Council on Education (ACE) taking the lead on Carnegie Classifications and introducing a more transparent formula for reaching R-1 status. To achieve R-1 status, universities must award at least 70 doctoral degrees on average each year and accumulate
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