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Publications & Multimedia
Carnegie
Newsline April 1999
Grants
and Appropriations Approved
by the Trustees at the April 8, 1999 Board Meeting
Contents:
EDUCATION
American
Council on Education
Nine-month
grant of $117,000 toward support of a task force on teacher education
Center
for Media Education
Three-year
grant of $600,000 as a final grant toward public education and advocacy
on behalf of children’s interests in the electronic media
Columbia
University1
Two-year
grant of $750,000 toward research and analysis of state program
and policy initiatives that promote young children’s healthy
development and school readiness
Teachers
College, Columbia University
One-year
grant of $380,000 toward implementation of recommendations of a
national commission on teaching
National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Two-year
grant of $400,000 toward performance-based accreditation of teacher
preparation programs
New
American Schools
Two-year
grant of $1,500,000 toward assistance to school districts in implementing
comprehensive school reform to improve the academic performance
of disadvantaged children
Success
for All Foundation
Thirty-month
grant of $900,000 as a final grant toward development and DISSEMINATION
of an effective instructional program for disadvantaged children
The
After-School Corporation
Two-year grant of $500,000 toward support for an evaluation of the
New York City in-school after-school initiative by Policy Studies
Associates
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Harvard
University
Two-year
grant of $500,000 toward fellowships at the Belfer Center for Science
and International Affairs on international security
International
Peace Academy
One-year
grant of $216,000 for a symposium on "Civilians in War: 100
Years after The Hague Peace Conference"
Monterey
Institute of International Studies
Two-year
grant of $400,000 toward research and education on the proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction in the former Soviet Union
National
Council for Research on Women
Two-year
grant of $25,000 toward support of the magazine We/Myi, The Women’s
Dialogue
National
Security Archive Fund
One-year
grant of $275,000 toward support for the Russian and Former Soviet
Union Initiative
United
Nations Institute for Training and Research
One-year
grant of $75,000 as a final grant toward a program in peacemaking
and preventive diplomacy
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
African
Women’s Development and Communication Network
Two-year grant of $250,000 as a final grant toward strengthening
communication activities and toward institutional strengthening
Community
Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe
Three-year
grant of $150,000 as a final grant toward support
Council
on Health Research for Development
Two-year
grant of $250,000 as a final grant toward essential national health
research in sub-Saharan Africa
Forum
for African Women Educationalists
One-year
grant of $250,000 toward strengthening national chapters and general
support
International
Council of Scientific Unions
Eight
month grant of $38,000 for review and synthesis of literature on
public libraries in Africa by the International Network for the
Availability of Scientific Publications
University
of the Witwatersrand
Two-year
grant of $250,000 as a final grant toward research on gender issues
by the Centre for Applied Legal Studies
DEMOCRACY
Committee
for the Study of the American Electorate
One-year
grant of $25,000 toward support
Democracy
South
Three-year
grant of $375,000 toward research and public education on money
in politics and toward institutional strengthening
Northeast
Action
Three-year
grant of $275,000 toward research and public education on money
in politics and toward institutional strengthening
Western
States Center
Two-year
grant of $550,000 toward the National Institute on Money in State
Politics
Western
States Center
Three-year
grant of $275,000 toward research and public education on money
in politics and toward institutional strengthening
SPECIAL
PROJECTS
National
Black United Fund
One-year
grant of $25,000 for its strategic planning process
National
Council for History Education
One-year
grant of $25,000 toward a conference on elementary and middle school
history education
Princeton
Project 55
One-year
grant of $25,000 toward expansion of civic leadership initiatives
by Princeton alumni class of 1955
1This
grant was approved at the February 2, 1999, board meeting.
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