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s leading producer of Black STEM graduates; received record research and sponsored programs contracts and grants; and produced a $2.4 A&T has become one of the fastest growing universities in the U.S.; become America’s largest HBCU; developed into the U.S.’s billion economic impact.
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We realize that, while we address extensively institutional changes and policies at Purdue, Indianas Land Grant University, our interest is in using this case study to illustrate larger patterns and issues that should be of concern to readers who care about the future of higher education in a broader sense.
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