March 3, 2006
College Classifications Get an Overhaul
Officials hope new Carnegie system will attract the public and discourage rankings
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching capped a multiple-year effort to overhaul the labels affixed to America's colleges and universities by releasing a new version of its basic classifications this week.
The extensively revised framework features changes that include subcategories for two-year colleges, a first in the classification's history; three subcategories of
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