Our Initiatives
TRANSFORMING EDUCATION IN AMERICA FROM
HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH POSTSECONDARY.
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.

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)

A National Call to Action
A Research and Development Agenda for High School Transformation

Carnegie’s national Research and Development Agenda (R&D Agenda) is aimed at supporting the transformation of the American high school from time-based to competency-based models, to better prepare students for civil society and the modern economy.

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