On January 24, 2012, Carnegie hosted a webinar with panelists:
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching elected Andrés Antonio Alonso and Claude Mason Steele to its Board of Trustees for four-year terms during the Foundation’s annual Board meeting in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 17.
Winners saluted for extraordinary performance in undergraduate education
A history professor who makes clever use of classroom technology, a nuclear engineer turned math professor who explains concepts using real-world applications, a biology professor who...
Following two decades of involvement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in the scholarship of teaching and learning, a new book examines the movement’s impact, challenges and promise for institutions of higher education.
The authors,...
Business is the most popular field of undergraduate study. The authors of a new book, drawn from a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, argue that business education can be strengthened by supporting key elements of liberal learning integrated...
On Thursday, June 16, 2011, Carnegie hosted a webinar with panelists:
On April 1, 2011, Carnegie hosted a one hour webinar to introduce the foundation's work in developmental mathematics. The panelists were...
In this Carnegie essay by Anthony Bryk, Louis Gomez and Alicia Grunow, the authors argue that the social organization of the research enterprise is badly broken and a very different alternative is needed. They instead support a science of improvement research and introduce...
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Two of the most striking changes in higher education in the United States are reflected in the latest update of the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education™, released today by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. There has been...
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 115 U.S. colleges and universities for its 2010 Community Engagement Classification. These institutions join the 196 institutions identified in the 2006 and 2008 selection process.
Colleges and...
As one of the last acts of the 111th Congressional session, the Senate approved three nominations to the National Board for Education Sciences,...
In June 2010, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching hosted a workshop/conference at Stanford to advance new models for inter-professional education within the nation’s academic health centers. The two foundations...
Winners Saluted for Extraordinary Performance in Undergraduate Education
Washington, D.C.—Four college and university educators who challenge undergraduate students to become critical thinkers and engaged life-long learners are the...
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching would like to let you know about an opportunity for a week-long European Higher Education Study Tour (June 26 - July 2, 2011) organized by The European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU).
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The Kresge Foundation has awarded The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching $2 million towards a project that aims to improve student success in community colleges. The award aligns with Kresge’s Education Program goal of expanding student academic...
The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) has been awarded a $700,000 grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE) to further document the success of three years of...
Nineteen institutions in five states will participate in the first phase focusing on mathematics and college readiness.
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On June 29, 2010, Carnegie hosted a webinar on Educating Nurses and Physicians: Toward New Horizons.
This page provides a description of the event, a download of the slideshow, a link to the webinar recording, as well as information related to the...
In the centennial year of the Carnegie Foundation's ground-breaking Flexner Report that radically changed medical education, Carnegie is releasing another call for reform. ...
Appointments to Education Posts Announced
BRYK, HALL NOMINATED TO KEY EDUCATION POSTS
President Barack Obama announced his intent...
Carnegie President Tony Bryk and Senior Partner Uri Treisman write in The Chronicle of Higher Education: Math should be a gateway, not a gatekeeper, to a successful college education. Students must come to see math as an essential aspect of their everyday lives, no...
BRYK HONORED BY BOSTON COLLEGE
Anthony S. Bryk '70, president of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, was presented...
The shortage of well-educated nurses has been part of the nation’s health care conversation, with policy leaders as well as President Obama noting the essential role nurses play in ensuring patient safety. The President called them “the bedrock” of health...
Coming this January--Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago, a new book by researchers from the Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Chicago.
This book provides a detailed analysis of why 100 elementary schools showed...
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching will conduct its elective Community Engagement Classification in 2010. An announcement will be made in early January 2010...
Winners Saluted for Extraordinary Performance in Undergraduate Education
Washington, D.C.—Four college and university educators who actively engage their undergraduate students in hands-on research and extensive team work are the...
Chicago education advocate and reformer John Ayers has been named vice president and treasurer of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, Calif., effective Nov. 2.
“John’s administrative and management experience,...
