About This Issue

In this cluttered world of communication—e-mail, the Internet, radio, television, magazines and newsletters—it may seem rather brash to be launching a new publication. But we at Carnegie Corporation are not slaves to advertising, or circulation or to the bottom line. Ideas are our master, and the Carnegie Reporter seeks only to challenge you with insights, intellectual questions and tested observations.

Building on the integrity of the Carnegie Quarterly, which the Corporation first published in 1953, the Carnegie Reporter will expand its reach, moving from a one-topic format to a magazine that focuses on each of the foundation’s four main areas of work: education, international peace and security, international development and democracy. It is a magazine simply about ideas, and we hope it will become a hub for foundation ideas in the United States and abroad. We know you may not be able to read every article, but we expect you won’t be able to resist at least one.

Here’s a sampling of what’s in our inaugural issue:

You know from your favorite newspaper that a new president is leading Russia today, but do you know what students and professors at universities there see in their future?

What is the future for the study of liberal arts in the United States?

The 2000 election cycle is putting campaign finance reform on the front pages, but what are the real issues behind the hype?

One international news magazine essay was recently headlined “Hopeless Africa,” yet Carnegie Corporation, with three foundation partners, has launched a multi-year, multi-million dollar initiative aimed at strengthening higher education in Africa. Can the project make a difference?

Eleanor Lerman’s astute and creative editing shaped the Carnegie Reporter from inception to page proofs. Aimée Sisco’s eye for detail led to photographic power. Elana Stern rounded up news from other foundations and her mastery of databases focused our mailing list and Grace Walters kept us all on track. We thank the writers, old Carnegie friends and new, for making ideas come alive.

Susan Robinson King
Vice President, Public Affairs

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