HBCU Transformation Project
FAMU HBCU Transformation Project - Thanks to the Partnership for Educational Advancement (Ed Advancement) and Blue Meridian Partners for providing much-needed resources that allow HBCU institutions like Florida A&M University (FAMU) to build the necessary infrastructure to ensure institutional sustainability and fiscal well into the future. Thus, FAMU continues to it’s long history as a catalyst for African- American upward socio-economic mobility, through higher education.
The Challenge
Creating and sustaining a technology-based infrastructure to support the institutional processes and operations that significantly increase student enrollment, retention, and graduation at Florida A&M University.
Our Approach
Combine the breadth and depth of knowledge held by university administrators and faculty with the technical expertise coupled with financial assets and resource products provided through Ed Advancement. Building tools and methodologies for scalable digital solutions and operations for FAMU to remain a viable center of higher learning, producing a talent pool to serve the societal needs for the future.
We Seek
Through our partnership with Ed Advancement, supported in part through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, United Negro College Fund, and Blue Meridian Partners we seek to create a transformational business model by which HBCU institutions can emulate to be competitive, viable, and operationally sound for the foreseeable future. The HBCU Transformation Project will allow HBCU’s to continue as a beacon for African American upward socio-economic mobility and a tremendous source intellectual capital for the global economy.
HBCU Transformation Project Videos
The HBCU Transformation Project Presidential Summit, held on March 13-14, 2023, in Greensboro, NC, represented the first time institutional leaders from publ...
Opportunities for freed black children to further their educational journey after high school were limited. As a direct response to minimal options, black people began to seek multiple opportunities on their own in the name of higher education. John Chavis, of North Carolina, is noted as the first African-American college student. Mary Jane ...
Opportunities for freed black children to further their educational journey after high school were limited. As a direct response to minimal options, black people began to seek multiple opportunities on their own in the name of higher education. John Chavis, of North Carolina, is noted as the first African-American college student. Mary Jane ...
FAMU Transformation Team
- Larry Robinson, President – FAMU
- Donald Palm, Executive VP/COO – FAMU
- J Byron Greene, Transformation Officer - FAMU
- Jim Runcie, CEO-Ed Advancement
- Robin Minor, SVP-Ed Advancement
Partners
- Partnership for Education Advancement
- Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Foundation
- United Negro College Fund
- Blue Meridian Partners
Upcoming Activities
- Meetings
- Conferences
- Working Sessions
- Other
Current FAMU Transformation Projects
Unified CRM Systems Approach for the "Enrollment Funnel" Front-End Engagement
Project Leaders: Hugh Durham, Bill Hudson
Align and integrate academic and co-curricular planning with marketing, recruitment, retention, and financial aid strategies to foster planned long-term enrollment and fiscal health.
Project Leaders: Lewis Johnson, Byron Greene
Develop Seamless/Unified System for the Human Resources Onboarding Process
Project Leaders: Terrisa Brown, Byron Greene
Re-Enrollment for Stopped-Out Populations. Retention Coaching for Student Success and Progression
Project Leaders: Jennifer Collins, Jamie Davis, Hugh Durham
Develop efficient operations through technology - Asset Works software
Project Leaders: Kendall Jones, Laureatte Scott
Develop/Implement Model for "Right-Sizing" Financial Aid Awards and Efficient Award Processing
Project Leaders: Lassandra Brice, Nigel Edwards
The Partnership for Educational Advancement has provided resources, expertise, and direct funding of more than $2 million towards the FAMU – HBCU Transformation Project, to-date.