About
The mission of the carnegie foundation is to Catalyze transformational change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life.
120 Years of Impact in Education
1906
Carnegie Foundation is chartered by Congress
1918
TIAA_CREF (TIAA) Pension Fund established
1937
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) developed
1947
Educational Testing Service (ETS) launches
1968
Research supports creation of federal Pell Grant Program
1971
Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education
2022
High School Transformation
2025
Opportunity Colleges and Universities (OCUs)
Enacted by an act of Congress in 1906, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has a rich history of driving transformational change in the education sector, including the establishment of TIAA-CREF and the creation of the Education Testing Service, the GRE, Pell Grants, the Carnegie Classifications for Higher Education, and the Carnegie unit, or ‘credit hour’.
To accomplish these Goals,
the Foundation pursues
two strategic aims
the Foundation pursues
two strategic aims
HIGH SCHOOL TRANSFORMATION
We’re working to instantiate a new education architecture to ensure that learning is increasingly engaging, experiential, and career-aligned.
POSTSECONDARY INNOVATION
We aim to make the postsecondary sector a more vital engine for social and economic mobility.
Board of Trustees
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Our Team
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Jorge Aguilar
Superintendent, Wonderful College Prep Academy
Carnegie Fellows
Carnegie Fellows are distinguished scholars, researchers, and practitioners who share the foundation’s commitment to changing the relationship between research and development on the one hand and practice on the other.
FAQs
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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast