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DATE:�������� January 16-17, 2003

TO:������������ Board of Regents

FROM:������� Richard A. Crofts, Commissioner

RE:������������ Carnegie Classification of Campuses

As some of you will remember, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has for many years provided the standard classification of postsecondary institutions.� Beginning with the 2000 report, the Foundation based its classifications on a new set of definitions.

Listed below is the classification of our campuses from the 2000 report of the Carnegie Foundation.� The definitions of the classification follow the listing.

All five of our Colleges of Technology are classified as Associate�s Colleges

Definitions:

Master�s I:������� These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs,

and

They are committed to graduate education through the master�s degree.� During the period studied, they awarded 40 or more master�s degrees per year across three or more disciplines.

Master�s II:������ These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the master�s degree.� During the period studied, they awarded 20 or more master�s degrees per year.

Doctoral/Research-Intensive:� These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate.� During the period studied, they awarded at least ten doctoral degrees per year across three or more disciplines, or at least 20 doctoral degrees per year overall.

Doctoral/Research-Extensive:� These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate.� During the period studied, they awarded 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.

Specialized institutions-schools of engineering and technology:� These institutions award most of their bachelor�s or graduate degrees in technical fields of study.

Baccalaureate colleges-general:� These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs.� During the period studied, they awarded less than half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.

The Carnegie classification of a campus is a major and standard indicator of how a campus can be compared to others.� Discussion is underway on at least one of our campuses about an initiative to move from one Carnegie classification to another.� The initiative has significant fiscal implications.�

I believe that the Board of Regents needs to consider whether such an initiative requires Board approval and, if so, what kind of rationale and business plan ought to be submitted.