Freeman Hrabowski

Research Areas:
Dr. Hrabowski’s research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance.

Activities & Honors:
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC (The University of Maryland, Baltimore County) since May, 1992. He serves as a consultant to the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and universities and school systems nationally. He also sits on several corporate and civic boards. Examples include the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Constellation Energy Group, the France-Merrick Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation (Chair), McCormick & Company, Inc., Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Company, and the Urban Institute. Examples of recent awards or honors include election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the American Philosophical Society; receiving the prestigious McGraw Prize in Education, the U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, and the Columbia University Teachers College Medal for Distinguished Service; being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Marylander of the Year by the editors of the Baltimore Sun; and being listed among Fast Company magazine’s first “Fast 50 Champions of Innovation” in business and technology. He also holds a number of honorary degrees, including most recently from Princeton University, Duke University, the University of Illinois, the University of Alabama-Birmingham, Gallaudet University, Goucher College, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Binghamton University.

Selected Publications:
• Hrabowski, F. (2006). Moral leadership: Promoting high achievement among minority students in science. In D. Brown (Ed.), University presidents as moral leaders. Praeger Press.
• Hrabowski, F. with Summers, M.F. (2006). Preparing minority scientists and engineers. Science, 31(1), 1870-1871.
• Hrabowski, F. (in press). Presidential leadership in the academy: Promoting high achievement among minority students. In V. Farmer (Ed.), The black professional’s guide to career success. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
• Hrabowski, F. (2005). Fostering first-year success of underrepresented minorities. In J. Gardner, M. L. Upcraft, & B. Barefoot (Eds.), Challenging and supporting the first-year student: A handbook for improving the first year of college. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Hrabowski, F. (2004). University outreach and engagement: Responding to a changing world. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 10 (1), 15-28.
• Hrabowski, F. & Maton, K. (2004). Increasing the number of African American ph.d.s in the sciences and engineering: A strengths-based approach. American Psychologist, 547-556.
• Hrabowski, F. (2004). Leadership for a new age: Higher education’s role in producing minority leaders. Liberal Education (90) 2.
• Hrabowski, F. (2003). Closing the achievement gap in science and mathematics. Educational Leadership.
• Hrabowski, F. (2003). Achieving academic success in graduate school. In V. L. Farmer (Ed.), The black student’s guide to graduate and professional school success. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Hrabowski, F. (2002). Postsecondary minority student achievement: How to raise performance and close the achievement gap. The College Board Review, Winter (195).