, “the tool is used by researchers, policymakers and administrators, as well as for informing grant-making and federal and state funding of institutions.”
The Carnegie Classification serves as the basis for the different categories of schools referred to in annual college rankings such as that compiled by. It also categorizes institutions by undergraduate and graduate instructional programs, enrollment profile, undergraduate profile, size and setting. Attaining R1 status is frequently a stretch goal for institutions that don’t have it, and it’s a very unwelcome outcome for those who lose it, like Brandeis University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did this year.
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