Community Engagement
Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on
Education provides universities the opportunity to earn the Elective Classification for Community Engagement. Achieving and maintaining the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement signals the University of South Florida’s extraordinary commitment to public purpose
through an evidence-based, peer reviewed process highlighting the way in which USF
is engaged in mutually beneficial community partnerships supporting the exchange of
knowledge and resources. This classification also demonstrates the success of our
actions supporting the University Strategic Plan and its articulated commitment to
local, national and global partnerships, research and innovation, student success,
inclusive learning, and sustainability.
The Carnegie application process supports USF’s continued desire to improve our understanding
of the depth and breadth of our efforts for the purpose of continual quality improvement.
The criteria for this elective designation helps to guide USF in its work to create
intentional university community partnerships, strengthening the educational environment
for students, and creating a climate for groundbreaking research opportunities for
faculty.
2020 CARNEGIE RECLASSIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Carnegie Foundation, after its 2020 application cycle, announced the Tampa and St. Peterburg campuses of the University of South Florida as two of 118 U.S. college and university campuses to receive the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement. The 2 USF campuses stand prominently among the 7 Florida State University System campuses to earn the classification. The applications for each of the campuses highlighting a portion of the engagement work done across the university are provide here for review:
USF Tampa 2020 Application
USF St. Petersburg 2020 Application