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Corporation News
STATEMENT
OF VARTAN GREGORIAN, PRESIDENT OF CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK,
ON THE DEATH OF CLARK KERR, FORMER CHAIR AND DIRECTOR OF THE CARNEGIE
COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
“Clark
Kerr’s vision for higher education was always ahead of its
time. Kerr believed that every American should have access to knowledge
and the opportunity to receive formal education in a college or
university setting. That vision was the underpinning of his work
in every leadership position he held in academia, but it was as
chair and director of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education
where that vision truly helped to shape public policy. Kerr’s
voice of authority and integrity, along with the stage offered by
the Commission, were a stunning combination that brought national
attention to the idea of individual grants to provide students with
greater access to college education, now known as the Pell Grants.
Carnegie Corporation of New York and The Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching both gained from Clark Kerr’s
insights and service. So did the nation.”
December
2003.
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