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GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) — The American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced that UW-Green Bay is one of the 40 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the 2024 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation that indicates institutional commitment to community engagement.
This classification is awarded following a process of self-study by each institution, which is then assessed by a national review committee. A listing of all the institutions that currently hold the Classification endorsement can be found here.
The assessment verified that UW-Green Bay students are engaged, forward-thinking members of the Northeast Wisconsin community.
UW-Green Bay encourages students of all ages to become fully entrenched in community-focused opportunities through programs delivered by the Center for Civic Engagement, the Division of Continuing Education and Community Engagement, the Student Engagement Center, and the Lifelong Learning Institute.
Regional businesses also collaborate with UW-Green Bay to provide hands-on opportunities for students that transform graduates into members of the local workforce. More than 70% of UW-Green Bay graduates stay in the local community after graduation.
“We recognize these institutions for their exceptional commitment to community engagement, and their work to transform knowledge into meaningful action,” said Timothy Knowles, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. “They exemplify the true spirit of the Carnegie endorsement and the power of serving the public good.”
“We are honored to be recognized for the first time by the ACE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching with this designation,” said University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander. “This is significant for our institution and validates the progress we have made in this area since we established community engagement as one of our six strategic priorities as an institution. We know the benefits of learning through community engagement and also what it does to foster tremendous pride in the region we serve.”
Of the 40 institutions classified in the 2024 cycle, 18 are receiving the classification for the first time while 22 are now re-classified, after being classified originally in 2015 or 2020. They join the 350 currently classified institutions that earned classification in either 2015 or 2020, for a total of 368 campuses who are active holders of this important designation. Among the 2024 recipients of the classification, 25 are public institutions and 15 are private. Nine are Minority Serving Institutions and three are community colleges.
The Carnegie Community Engagement Classification has been the leading framework for institutional assessment and recognition of community engagement in U.S. higher education for the past 19 years with classification cycles in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2020, and now 2024.
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