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Redefining Success: Higher Education Leaders Reflect on the Student Access and Earnings Classification
In April 2025, the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education announced the new Student Access and Earnings Classification. We invited four select higher education leaders and members of the Carnegie Postsecondary Commission to share what this new framework means for the colleges, universities, and the future of the sector.
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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.
OCTOBER 30, 2024
NCDPI Awarded $3.9 Million Grant for Durable Skills Assessment
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) has been awarded a nearly $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to pilot the Skills for the Future (SFF) project in North Carolina.
JUNE 20, 2024
Carnegie Foundation Welcomes Utah State Superintendent and MasterClass Co-Founder to Board of Trustees
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Carnegie) today announced the addition of Dr. Sydnee Dickson, Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Aaron Rasmussen, co-founder of MasterClass, to its Board of Trustees.
