Blog Post
March 15, 2024
This is an excerpt by Mushtaq Gunja and Sara Gast of the Carnegie Classifications on Higher Education. For the full article, visit acenet.edu. Since 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has served as the predominant framework to classify American colleges and universities. It was originally created for researchers as…
News Release
November 1, 2023
ACE and Carnegie Foundation announce new, more transparent methodology for the current “R1” designation and overall shift to multi-dimensional categories that reflect the diversity of today’s colleges and universities Washington, D.C. — Today, the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Carnegie Foundation)…
Blog Post
September 6, 2023
After 50+ years, the Carnegie Classifications system, a tool that categorizes U.S. colleges and universities (degree-granting), is undergoing significant changes through our partnership with the American Council on Education. For a deeper understanding of our renewed direction, please read this Q&A piece, Reimagining the Carnegie Classifications, from the Association for…
News Release
June 28, 2023
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (June 28, 2023)—The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) has partnered with the American Council on Education (ACE) to promote and raise awareness of the Carnegie Elective Classifications for community engagement and leadership for public purpose among Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) leadership. The American Council on…
Blog Post
March 30, 2023
The American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching today unveiled a new website as part of their efforts to reimagine the Carnegie Classifications and modernize the nation’s leading framework for grouping institutions of higher education.
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June 21, 2022
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News Release
February 9, 2022
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education (ACE) are pleased to announce their collaboration on the next incarnation of the Carnegie Classifications. For the first time, the Universal and Elective Classifications will be brought together in a single organizational home at ACE. The…
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The Carnegie Classifications are the leading framework for describing varied U.S. higher education institutions in like terms so that their work and impact can be understood in comparison to each other. Empirical data is used to measure categories of function and mission.
Improvement Voice
January 30, 2017
At a Brown University reception, Foundation president Anthony S. Bryk celebrated the Swearer Center for Public Service’s new leadership for Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification. The classification is a voluntary supplement to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The voluntary classification has become the leading instrument for higher education…
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The Carnegie Classification has been the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education for the past four and a half decades. Starting in 1970, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education developed a classification of colleges and universities to support its program of research and policy…
News Release
January 7, 2015
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 240 U.S. colleges and universities to receive its 2015 Community Engagement Classification. Of this number, 83 institutions are receiving the classification for the first time, while 157 are now re-classified, after being classified originally in 2006 or 2008. These 240…
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The Carnegie Foundation's Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification, meaning that it is based on voluntary participation by institutions. The elective classification involves data collection and documentation of important aspects of institutional mission, identity and commitments and requires substantial effort invested by participating institutions. It is an institutional…
FAQ
October 25, 2014
On February 9, 2022, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education (ACE) announced their collaboration on the next incarnation of the Carnegie Classifications. For the first time, the Universal and Elective Classifications will be brought together in a single organizational home at ACE. The…
News Release
October 8, 2014
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has transferred responsibility for the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to Indiana University Bloomington’s Center for Postsecondary Research. The Classification will continue to retain the Carnegie name after the Center for Postsecondary Research takes over responsibility on Jan. 1. As…
Blog Post
March 31, 2024
.gb-container .wp-block-image img{vertical-align:middle;}.gb-container .gb-shape{position:absolute;overflow:hidden;pointer-events:none;line-height:0;}.gb-container .gb-shape svg{fill:currentColor;}.gb-container.gb-tabs__item:not(.gb-tabs__item-open){display:none;} Below is Carnegie President Timothy Knowles’s opening to our March 2024 newsletter. Join our mailing list for additional resources and recommended reads. Sign Up for the Carnegie Foundation Newsletter Dear Friends and Colleagues,While the value of a college degree is increasingly scrutinized in the…
News Release
March 5, 2024
AKRON, OHIO – Akron Public Schools (APS) will host the Carnegie Learning Leadership Network (Carnegie LLN) on March 5–7, 2024 to explore how secondary schools can better prepare their students for the future. Carnegie LLN school systems, including APS, are working together to discover innovative ways to provide students with learning…
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