April 14, 2006

Carnegie Foundation Offers Community-Engagement Classification

By AUDREY WILLIAMS JUNE

Colleges and universities that have made community engagement a part of their missions can apply for recognition for their efforts from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

The foundation has developed a new elective classification that it says will give institutions a way to define themselves that goes beyond the national data that are typically collected. The new classification will only include those that choose to participate.

"The classification

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