Founded shortly after the end of the Civil War, Howard University is an HBI enrolling over 10,000 students and awarding undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degrees. The University has a number of colleges and schools, including Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Business, Divinity, and Arts and Sciences, among others. As part of the master planning team, Rickes Associates participated in planning meetings to better understand the mission and strategic direction of the University. Data pertaining to the scheduling of instructional space was also documented.

An instructional space utilization analysis was completed for the campus and included those spaces scheduled with credit-bearing courses in both general-purpose classrooms and specialized instructional spaces for a total of 300 spaces. Findings indicated that the existing instructional space on campus is generally adequate to support current course scheduling and enrollment. Recommendations included centralizing the course scheduling process, data, and updating the space inventory for the University as a whole.