A Letter from the President
by Vartan Gregorian

Makerere at the Crossroads
Sometimes called “the Harvard of Africa,” Uganda’s Makerere University faces an uncertain future.

Hands Across the Internet: How Nonprofits Reach
Out Online
An increasing number of nonprofit organizations do most of their work online. The Internet is not only their main method of outreach, it’s their headquarters, as well.

The School Leadership Crisis: Have School Principals Been Left Behind?
In today’s educational environment, the “job” of school principal has swelled to encompass a staggering variety of responsibilities, including instructional leadership. Are the men and women heading our public schools up to the task?

Recent Events
Carnegie Corporation of New York joins forces with Education Week to hold a conference on the school district’s role in high school reform; hosts a meeting to launch a report entitled, Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future; sponsors campus-based communications seminars in East Africa; brings together Carnegie Scholars and grantees for a Carnegie Scholars Colloquium on Violence, Terrorism and Social Upheaval; and celebrates the release of Fighting Words, a guide for American and Arab reporters aimed at minimizing misunderstandings between their two cultures. In addition, Corporation leaders travel to South Africa to dedicate a new library and staff attend a celebration honoring the work of the American Council of Learned Societies in support of the humanities in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.

Recent Books
News about a number of books that have been published recently with Corporation support.

Also: Without Precedent The Inside Story of the 9/11 Commission

WEB EXCLUSIVE — Book Reviews

Foundation Roundup
A series of quick snapshots of projects and initiatives supported by foundations around the country.

The BackPage
When in Doubt: Publish
The leaders of the Carnegie-Knight Task Force on the Future of Journalism Education consider the question of when it is the responsibility of the press to publish “secrets” even when public officials and others want them to exercise restraint.

A Footnote to History
The archives of Carnegie Corporation of New York have resided in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University since 1990.