Please join us in congratulating Edit Khachatryan, senior associate of Networked Improvement Science at Carnegie Foundation. She has contributed to the publication Catalytic Improvement Communities: Cultivating Flourishing Schools, by Johnathan Eckert and Bradley Carpenter. Edit, alongside Emma Parkerson, co-founder of Systems Design Lab, co-authored the chapter “Learning to Lead: Improvement…
On March 19th, Getting Smart and Education Reimagined hosted the Getting Smart Town Hall focusing on the advancement of learner-centered ecosystems across the nation. This event featured our very own Dr. Val Brown, Director of Future of Learning, who sat on a panel with other innovative leaders: Emily Liebtag, Chief Innovation…
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…
At this year’s Carnegie Foundation Summit on Improvement in Education, XQ Institute, a 2024 sponsor, is leading the charge in transforming the educational landscape with two exciting, dynamic sessions. Reimagining High School: Watch, Lunch, and Learn is a standout session where attendees are treated to a special screening of The…
The following Q&A features insights from Samuel Onyango Omondi, an African Leadership University (ALU) student pursuing a bachelor’s (B.Sc Hons) in software engineering. Samuel was one of 20 ALU students to participate in the 2023 Global Leadership Program, a month-long entrepreneurial leadership immersive learning experience in Silicon Valley at the…
The following Q&A features insights from Nqobile Jenipher Ncube, an African Leadership University (ALU) student pursuing a bachelor’s (Hons) in social sciences. Nqobile was one of 20 ALU students to participate in the 2023 Global Leadership Program, a month-long entrepreneurial leadership immersive learning experience in Silicon Valley at the Carnegie…
The following Q&A features insights from Nwalahnjie Anye Akumawah, an African Leadership University (ALU) student pursuing a bachelor’s (B.Sc Hons) in software engineering. Nwalahnjie was one of 20 ALU students to participate in the 2023 Global Leadership Program, a month-long entrepreneurial leadership immersive learning experience in Silicon Valley at the…
At the close of the Global Leadership Program this summer, student participants ran a week-long design sprint and proposed user-centered solutions to Afrocentric issues in one of the three thematic areas explored throughout the program: Education Futures (EdTech), Sustainable/Smart Agriculture, and Affordable Health (Health Tech). Students formed design teams to…
In August, I traveled to Rwanda at the invitation of Fred Swaniker, founder of the African Leadership University (ALU) and senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation. I was invited to participate with a group of global advisors to help reimagine Rwandan higher education policies with the Minister of Education and…
Dr. Valeria Brown, Carnegie Foundation’s Future of Learning Director, challenges old ideas of professional learning in the Learning Forward Journal’s August issue. In her piece, “Professional Learning Isn’t About Hours”, Dr. Brown raises a critical point about the outdated Carnegie Unit. Originally established in 1906, the credit hour measures student…
The Council of Chief State School Officers’ new report, Imagining More: How State Education Agencies Can Modernize the K-12 Education System to Put Student Learning at the Center, is out now with recommended actions that state leaders can take at a systems level to make way for this transformation, including…
The end of the academic year usually brings a collective exhale of relief at colleges and universities. Today the education sector is stunned and disappointed. In two Supreme Court decisions – rooted in ideology, not reality – six conservative justices struck down affirmative action in higher education. Dismantling affirmative action…
Valeria Brown, Carnegie’s Future of Learning Director, has authored a thoughtful piece titled “Are We Really Centering Students in Professional Learning?”. In this article, Val explores the educational challenges faced by students during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a loss of connection with their schools. In reflecting on her own…
We are thrilled to introduce the 2023 Global Leadership Program Cohort—a group of twenty outstanding African Leadership University students who embody the passion and drive to make a significant impact on the global community! Now in its second year, the Global Leadership Program will run from July 16th to August…
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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