Blog

September 21, 2023
Reflections on a Year Studying Carnegie’s Basic Classification and a Look Ahead

By Mushtaq Gunja and Sara Gast As the work continues to modernize and reimagine the Carnegie Classifications, we want to share insights we have gained as we look toward the release by early 2025 of a new set of classifications that will include a new research classification methodology. The Carnegie Classifications were created to be a tool to organize the diverse …

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September 1, 2023
AIR Newsletter Highlights Future of Carnegie Classifications

The Association for Institutional Research (AIR) featured a Q&A with Mushtaq Gunja and Sara Gast, executive director and deputy executive director, respectively, of the Carnegie Classifications in its August edition of the eAIR newsletter, which provides news to the higher education research community. Reimagining the Carnegie Classifications: A Q&A details the vision and purpose behind modernizing the classifications, plans for changes …

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May 26, 2023
Carnegie Classifications Featured in Trusteeship Magazine

Mushtaq Gunja, executive director of Carnegie Classifications and senior vice president at the American Council on Education is featured in a Q&A in the May-June 2023 edition of Trusteeship Magazine, a publication for members of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). A Question for Mushtaq Gunja shares more about the plans ahead for the Carnegie Classifications and …

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April 24, 2023
ACE Annual Meeting Highlights Work to Reimagine the Carnegie Classifications

This year’s ACE Annual Meeting (ACE2023), held in Washington DC April 13-15, with more than 1,000 higher education leaders in attendance, featured a range of sessions on new efforts to modernize the Carnegie Classifications. Attendees were able to learn more about the current work and plans ahead for ACE’s partnership with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which was …

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March 30, 2023
New Website Creates Modern, User-friendly Approach to Utilizing the Carnegie Classifications

The American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching today unveiled a new website as part of their efforts to reimagine the Carnegie Classifications and modernize the nation’s leading framework for grouping institutions of higher education. Consistent with the vision for the Carnegie Classifications to reflect today’s diverse postsecondary ecosystem, the new website brings with …

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