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.