Examining the academic mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the U.S.

This research in progress paper describes the current state and planned research for a project that examines academic mobility in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The project has designed protocols for collecting faculty affiliation data using Internet Archive. The project will use the data to identify faculty who changed affiliations (mobile) and those who did not (non-mobile) joining or leaving HBCUs, query professors' publication, citation in a local Web of Science database, and gain in-depth understanding of HBCU faculty retention and mobility through surveys and focused interviews. The integrated data will allow for clear and robust examination of academic mobility, institutional stratification, and the role of organizational factors in shaping academic mobility.