Carnegie Reporter Vol. 2/No. 2 Publication In this issue: New Americans, Fresh Off the Presses. My Russia: One Reporter's View of Life After Communism. The Paradoxes of Russian Democracy. Transforming Teaching and Learning Through Technology. The Foundation Partnership to Strengthen African Universities. Foundation Roundup.
Carnegie Reporter Vol. 4/No. 1 Publication In this issue: Nuclear Doomsday: Is the Clock Still Ticking? Makerere at the Crossroads. Hands Across the Internet: How Nonprofits Reach Out Online. The School Leadership Crisis: Have School Principals Been Left Behind? Without Precedent The Inside Story of the ...
Carnegie Reporter Vol. 5/No. 2 Publication In this issue: Will Knowledge Survive? Studying the Humanities at African Universities. A Time of Crisis Means A Time to Invest in Public Higher Education by Vartan Gregorian. American Think Tanks Their Influence is on the Rise. Blacks and Latinos ...
Carnegie Reporter Vol. 7/No. 1 Publication Inside: Lincoln's Legacy: Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. The How and Why of Engaging Russia. How Higher Ed Visionaries Are Pointing Students Toward the Future. Designing a School Where All Students Will Be Successful. What Is Conservative About Comprehensive Immigration ...
From Large to Small: Reinventing the Urban High School Publication Strategies for personalizing large urban high schools: help them become small learning communities where students and teachers are both engaged in meaningful, challenging work.
The Lasting Legacy of An American Dilemma Publication Carnegie Results examines how Carnegie Corporation grantee Gunnar Myrdal's 1944 book, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, crystallized an emerging awareness that racial discrimination and legal segregation could not endure in the U.S. Myrdal's ...
GuideStar: Data About Nonprofits Goes Online Publication This edition of Carnegie Results focuses on GuideStar, an organization that was created to provide a rich database of information about charities and philanthropies through an Internet-based delivery system. It's been a successful effort, but one that faces a ...
The Aspen Institute Congressional Program: A Nonpartisan Success Story Publication This is an analysis of a bipartisan congressional project first funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, which is dedicated to educating lawmakers, now has numerous supporters; yet with a leadership change ahead, it faces ...
The Brennan Center for Justice: A Bipartisan Champion of Democracy Comes of Age Publication Beyond the campaign hype, negative advertising and media clutter, the 2008 election campaign may well be influenced by a judicious gamble on expanding democracy made more than a dozen years ago.
VolunteerMatch: An Online Service Helps Everyone Find A Great Place to Volunteer Publication At the height of the dot-com boom, Jay Backstrand, a young Silicon Valley insider with a social conscience, first witnessed the power of the Internet to get big groups of people involved in vital community causes. He dreamt of starting ...
Jefferson Science Fellows: A Vision for Harnessing the Knowledge of Academic Scientists to Help Inform U.S. Policymaking Takes Shape Publication Launched in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent anthrax bioattacks, this unique program provides a vital link between policymaking social scientists in the U.S. Department of State and senior scientists and engineers from ...
Police Executive Research Forum: Freeing Local Police from Immigration Enforcement Publication Dealing with immigration issues is one of the most critical and frustrating challenges police and sheriffs' departments currently face. To solve this problem and take some pressure off their members, the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has conducted research and ...
Beyond Boundaries: A Promising New Model for Security and Global Development Publication In 2007, a team of international security experts and researchers at the Henry L. Stimson Center launched an initiative to build an effective model for sustainable nonproliferation of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. The project represented an exciting and innovative ...
I Love My Librarian Award. An Award That Recognizes Great Librarians Also Highlights the Central Role of Libraries in Communities Across America. Publication The Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award publicizes librarians' abilities to improve their communities and by highlighting the achievements of the winners inspire other librarians to boost their own performance. Since the ...
Crafting Strategies to Control Biological Weapons Publication This publication reviews Carnegie Corporation's grantmaking in the biosecurity area.
Alan Pifer: Annual Report Essays 1966-1982 Publication The essays in this book are a record of the evolving ideas and concerns of Alan Pifer, head of Carnegie Corporation from 1965 through 1982 and the ninth president since its founding by Andrew Carnegie in 1911. The essays were ...
A Perspective on Carnegie Corporation's Program, 1983–1997 Publication Discussion of grantmaking strategy from the 1980s through early 1990s.
Reflections on Encounters with Three Cultures Publication Carnegie Corporation President Vartan Gregorian reflects on his experiences leading Brown University, the New York Public Library and Carnegie Corporation of New York. Each institution, writes Gregorian, is representative of a different nonprofit culture, each with a different structure, different ...
Carnegie Corporation of New York: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century Publication In 1999, Vartan Gregorian's essay, New Directions for Carnegie Corporation of New York, provided the framework for the Corporation's grantmaking over the next decade. Now, after assessing the foundation's work, results and priorities in light of both ...
July 4th: A Celebration of Citizenship Publication Each year, on July 4, we celebrate not only the birth of our country but also a powerful and revolutionary idea. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their ...
Interview with Vartan Gregorian Publication David Finn, founder of Ruder-Finn Group, interviews long-time friend Vartan Gregorian.
In His Own Words. A Q&A with Vartan Gregorian Part 3 of 5 Publication Reminding Americans that, as individuals, their aggregate annual giving exceeds $300 billion, the vast majority coming from the middle class and even poor people, Vartan Gregorian argues that philanthropy has become part of the American ethos. In the third installment ...
A Journalist's Guide to Covering Bioterrorism Publication Carnegie Corporation provided a grant to the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, that in the event of a bioterror attack, will help journalists deliver critical information quickly, accurately and in the proper context.
Reading to Achieve. A Governor's Guide to Adolescent Literacy Publication To compete in the global information economy, young people today need literacy skills far more advanced than have been required of any previous generation. Strong reading, writing, and thinking skills are essential not only for success in school and the ...
The Next Chapter: A School Board Guide to Improving Adolescent Literacy Publication In today's rapidly changing global society, we know all too well that being able to read and write are critical prerequisites for success. But what is your role as a school board leader in ensuring that young people graduate ...
