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Here are the top 10 community colleges around New York State.

Here are the top 10 community colleges around New York State.

The taxonomy, initially intended to distinguish institutions for educational-research purposes, is now seen as a ladder to climb.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno have been recognized as two of the top research universities in the nation by the Carnegie Classification of

The Carnegie R1 status is the highest designation for research universities in the country and is viewed as an important step to recruit high-quality faculty and obtain more prestigious research grants.

The University of Texas at Arlington again has been named to the elite group of R-1: Doctoral Universities—Very High Research Activity by the Carnegie

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has maintained its designation as an “R1” research institution, a status that its ongoing financial challenges have threatened.

The status indicates "very high research activity" and places the U of M in the same classification as the University of Tennessee.

The Carnegie R1 status is the highest designation for research universities in the country and is viewed as an important step to recruit high-quality faculty and obtain more prestigious research grants.

President David Rudd announced the school will be designated as a Carnegie R1 University, moving up from the R2 level.