The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education developed the Carnegie Classification® in 1970 to support its program of research and policy analysis. The classification is considered the leading ...

The Carnegie Classification® is the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education. The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education developed the ...

Changes to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education introduce new criteria for categorizing colleges and universities and link student access and return on investment to ...

The Carnegie Foundation’s Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification that has been the leading framework for institutional assessment and recognition of community engagement ...

ERIE — Penn State Behrend has received a new Carnegie Classification as a “Higher Earnings” institution — a reflection of the return on investment for Behrend graduates. Just 10 percent of ...

Less than 5% of U.S. college students attend Ivy League or similarly elite private universities. The other 96% are enrolled ...

Since 1973, the Carnegie Classification has served as the gold standard for organizing the landscape of U.S. higher education.

President Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill is now law, marking a watershed moment for higher education ...

The designations, awarded every three years by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, have multiple tiers. R1 means “very high ...

The Carnegie Foundation’s Classification for Community Engagement is an elective classification that has been the leading framework for institutional assessment and recognition of community engagement ...