<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/articles/community-engagement-apu-s-commitment-to-service-merits-a-carnegie-classification/index.html" dsn="blogs"><title>Community Engagement: APU’s Commitment to Service Merits a Carnegie Classification</title><pubDate>12/02/2024 09:41:55 AM</pubDate><author>Jacqueline Guerrero</author><intro>In 2010, APU’s investment in community service and engagement was recognized with a Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education for Community Engagement. APU is one of only 368 institutions to hold the classification in the United States, and is one of just eight universities in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) to hold the title.</intro><image><img src="/_resources/images/articles/Carnegie%20Overiew.webp" alt="An APU student and two children smile for the camera."/></image><cap/><tags><tag>service</tag></tags></item>