Research Centers & Funded Projects

Research Centers

The Family Life Center utilizes Howard University students to serve as volunteer-mentors for elementary school students who are at risk of being perpetrators or victims of antisocial behaviors. Their goal is to enhance the social skills and the academic abilities of these students through the implementation of Youth Empowerment Program components.

Funded Projects

Capstone Institute is a multidisciplinary educational entity that focuses on "educating the whole child" and interlinks expertise with theory in the areas of psychosocial, curriculum and instruction, social work, policy, and community development in order to provide academic interventions, community support services, development, assessment, evaluation, and research. These services are performed by an interdisciplinary team with a demonstrated track record of evidenced-based accomplishments in urban and ethnically diverse schools, districts, and communities.

The District of Columbia Area Writing Project is a local site of the National Writing Project whose purpose is to enrich and empower the lives of PK-12 teachers and their students through writing.

Grant from the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad entitled "From Beltway to Great Wall: Experiencing Authentic Chinese Culture to Enhance Multicultural Curricula in greater Washington DC Public Schools.” The Howard University School of Education (HUSOE) brought 14 elementary school teachers (grades K-6) from the greater Washington D.C. area to visit three provinces in northern China in June and July of 2007. 

The TRiO program, include the Upward Bound Program, designed to enhance the probability that area youth will pursue postsecondary education; the Upward Bound Math/Science program; and the Student Support Services program.