Jackson State University News April 26, 2016 JSU retains ‘Higher Research Activity’ designation from Carnegie Classification Jackson State University has retained its “Higher Research Activity” designation, according to the most recent data released by The Carnegie Classification™ earlier this year. The Carnegie Classification listings for doctoral institutions are issued every five years, and use the terminology Moderate, Higher and Highest Research Activity to classify doctoral universities. Doctoral universities, according to the Carnegie Classifications website, are those institutions that awarded at least 20 research/scholarship doctoral degrees during the update year. Dr. Evelyn J. Leggette, provost and senior vice president for Academic and Student Affairs said, “The academic enterprise is at the heart of what we do at Jackson State. The continued growth of our Graduate School is a significant contributing factor to our R2, higher research activity, ranking by Carnegie.” Those sentiments were echoed by Dr. Dorris Robinson-Gardner, dean of the Jackson State University Graduate School. She confirmed that JSU has retained its ranking, held since 2005, even as some other institutions of higher learning have lost ground. The classifications are based predominantly on aggregate research expenditures and have been the leading framework for recognizing and describing institutional diversity in U.S. higher education for the past 4½ decades. Starting in 1970, the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education developed a classification of colleges and universities to support its program of research and policy analysis. Dr. Loretta A. Moore, vice president for Research and Federal Relations at JSU, said, “This is yet another example of Jackson States’ growth. We are delighted that the hard work of our faculty and students is being recognized, and we look forward to further opportunities to engage in significant research across all academic fields.” Produced by an Indiana University research center team led by Victor Borden, the classification is the most comprehensive review of institutional diversity at more than 4,660 colleges and universities in the U.S. “Although intended for research and policy purposes, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has become an integral part of the fabric of higher education, as it is used by a variety of organizations for shaping accountability and opportunity,” Borden said. For example, the Association of Research Libraries uses the classifications to determine member eligibility, and many governmental grant programs are aimed at one or another of these classifications, according to the Carnegie Classification website: http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu<http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/>. Derived from empirical data on colleges and universities, the Carnegie Classification was originally published in 1973 and subsequently updated in 1976, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 to reflect changes among colleges and universities. This framework has been widely used in the study of higher education, both as a way to represent and control for institutional differences and also in the design of research studies to ensure adequate representation of sampled institutions, students or faculty. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-592-4820 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 150 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.