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Why Opportunity Colleges and Universities Matter

A new designation within the Carnegie Classifications — long viewed as the nation’s gold standard for organizing the postsecondary sector …
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Teachers Like It. Research Is Promising. Is This the Solution to Teacher PD?

Decades of research suggest engaging, effective teachers are the most important factor in student learning. But linking ongoing teacher learning to student …
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Carnegie Recognizes Colleges for Community Engagement

The Carnegie Foundation announced on Monday that more than 230 colleges and universities received its Community Engagement classification. The designation …
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Colleges serving a different kind of student matter

For decades, old-school rankings and classic classifications have helped define what excellence looks like in higher education. However, in doing …

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Timothy Knowles

Silicon Valley’s 2026 Power List

From nonprofit founders to CEOs to volunteers, Silicon Valley benefits from the generosity of thousands of big hearts and minds. …
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Future of High School Network

2 Henrico high schools redesign ninth-grade experience through partnership with Carnegie Foundation

Through a partnership with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, two Henrico County high schools launched a pilot …
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WILX: Educators gather in Lansing for future of learning summit

More than 200 educators from across Michigan gathered Wednesday at the Michigan Virtual and Future of Learning Annual Summit. The …
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EdWeek Market Brief: Do Students Really Have Critical Thinking Skills? Inside the Market’s Race to Assess the ‘Unquantifiable’

Imagine a high schooler receiving a score that tells them whether they’ve grown in their creativity. Or taking a test …
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Santa Fe College’s student success story highlighted by Carnegie Classifications

The Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education explores Santa Fe College’s “culture of care” in a national article about …
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Why Opportunity Colleges and Universities Matter

A new designation within the Carnegie Classifications — long viewed as the nation’s gold standard for organizing the postsecondary sector …
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Carnegie Classifications, Higher Education, OCU

Yale asked the right question. Now the rest of higher education owes an answer

Earlier this month, Yale published the findings of a year-long faculty investigation into why Americans have lost faith in higher …
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ETS, Skills for the Future

Creating Communicators and Critical Thinkers: Soon There Will Be A Test For That

Educators at the Making Waves Academy knew they wanted to teach high school students to be good communicators, problem solvers …
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Teachers Like It. Research Is Promising. Is This the Solution to Teacher PD?

Decades of research suggest engaging, effective teachers are the most important factor in student learning. But linking ongoing teacher learning to student …
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Carnegie Classifications

Redefining Success: A New Social Contract for Higher Ed | SXSW EDU 2026

At SXSW EDU 2026, Timothy Knowles, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, joined Ted Mitchell, president …