Newly redesigned Carnegie Classifications released today intend to better reflect how higher education is changing and to make them more useful to stakeholders.
Two main classification updates were announced Thursday by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education (ACE). The first is a redesign of the Institutional Classification — previously called the Basic Classification — that groups higher education institutions based on several factors, including a broader look at the types of degrees awarded, subjects in which they are awarded and the size of the institutions. The update includes 31 Institutional Classifications.
The second is a new Student Access and Earnings Classification that examines how institutions serve students from the communities they serve and the earned wages of former students.
