Exploring Carnegie’s New 3-Framework System – 2025 Research Activity Designations (Part 1)
The more than 50-year progression of the Carnegie Classification system has led to arguably the largest revision since its inception in 1973 with the recent release of the 2025 Carnegie Classification framework. Through its most recent update in 2021, the “Basic Classification” served as an all-compassing designation for institutions of higher education that recognized institutional…