Chancellor commits campus to Carnegie elective classification application
Gregor MacGregor and Joe Ryan visit a multigenerational acequia outside Trinidad, as a part of PACES’ Community Perspectives program.
At an exhibition opening, guests examine artist Darya Warner’s artwork, which visualizes the rise and fall of groundwater levels across the Front Range corridor.
Nomita Chhabildas conducts an assessment for the , which provides affordable evaluations in Boulder and surrounding communities.
Chancellor Justin Schwartz is asking CU Boulder's faculty, staff and administration to join him in prioritizing the attainment of the .
The Carnegie framework is the national standard by which higher education community engagement is assessed and recognized. Campuses that receive the classification are nationally recognized leaders in community engagement and exemplars of higher education’s mission of contributing to the public good.
“Our campus has a proud tradition, going back to its founding, of partnership with communities around Colorado and beyond. Seeking the prestigious Carnegie elective classification will require CU Boulder to conduct a rapid and rigorous assessment of how and where community-engaged work happens across our campus. I’m eager to learn where our collective strengths lie, and how we can amplify those to benefit Colorado. Thank you in advance to all of those who will work hard on this important campuswide effort,” said Schwartz.
The Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship (PACES), the Research and Innovation Office (RIO), the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) and the Office of Government and Community Engagement (OGCE) are leading the application process, with PACES’ Katie Kleinhesselink and RIO’s Alicia Adelman leading the campuswide working group.
Data collection will include surveying all academic units about their public and community-engaged scholarship; creating an inventory of co-curricular community engagement opportunities for students; mining existing campuswide databases, including PACES’ Community Outreach and Engagement Programs website; and reviewing reports such as the Faculty Report of Professional Activities and the National Survey of Student Engagement and more.
The application will provide a robust and detailed picture of the many ways CU Boulder engages with regional, national and international communities, as well as opportunities to support, capture and expand outreach and engaged scholarship moving forward.
All data must be collected before March 3, 2025. Results will be announced in January 2026.
“The classification is a unique opportunity to shine a light on our engaged scholars and how they embody CU Boulder’s mission and tradition serving Colorado and beyond,” Schwartz said.