UM-Flint’s efforts in the community recognized with prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. (Photo by UM-Flint)
The University of Michigan-Flint has been selected by the Carnegie Foundation as one of the 119 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification in 2020, an elective designation that indicates an institutional commitment to community engagement.
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 14 years.
“We are extremely honored – and proud – to be recognized once again with the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification,” said Deba Dutta, UM-Flint’s chancellor. “This classification signals our commitment to our community engagement efforts, both on campus and through our work with our community partners.”
“I want to thank our faculty, staff, students, and community partners for their hard work and dedication to our Flint and Genesee County family.”
UM-Flint is one of 75 institutions that were reclassified in the 2020 cycle, after receiving its original classification in 2010, while 44 other institutions received the classification for the first time. These 119 institutions join the 240 institutions that earned the classification during the 2015 selection process, for a total of 359 campuses who are currently active holders of this prestigious designation.
