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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.

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