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Is It Time to Ditch the Four-Year Degree?
Carnegie Foundation President Timothy Knowles speaks to American Enterprise Institute’s Senior Fellow and Director, Education Policy Studies Rick Hess on what K-12 educators can do to support alternative career pathways. This interview was originally published in Education Week.
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JUNE 18, 2025
New National Effort Aims to Build the Future of High School
he Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced the launch of the Future of High School Network, a new initiative designed to catalyze learning, knowledge and impact to support a ‘new architecture’ for high school nationwide.
APRIL 24, 2025
Carnegie Classifications Redesign Better Reflects the Higher Education Landscape
ACE and the Carnegie Foundation published on April 24, 2025, the latest in a series of updates to the Carnegie Classifications. The redesigned system includes a revision of the historic Basic Classification, now titled the Institutional Classification, and a newly developed Student Access and Earnings Classification.
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Carnegie Classifications Release 2025 Research Activity Designations, Debut Updated Methodology
The American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published today the 2025 Research Activity Designations, unveiling an updated methodology intended to better account for and reflect the multifaceted, wide-ranging research landscape of higher education institutions in America.
