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- Carnegie Corporation of New York has funded work to address a variety of important issues. Move your mouse over the letters below for a list of issues and links to corresponding content.
  
  Achievement Gap
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to the Achievement Gap -- the gap in academic achievement that persists between minority and disadvantaged students and their white counterparts -- through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Strengthening Human Capital Building Knowledge and Affecting Policy Opportunity Equation
  
  Africa
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to, and occurring in Africa through the following programs:
  Higher Education and Libraries in Africa ICTs for Teaching, Learning and Research Investing in Africa's Next Generation of Academics and University Leaders Libraries and Information
  
  Biological Weapons (Bioweapons)
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York has funded work to address issues related to biological weapons (bioweapons). While this work is no longer considered part of our current strategic focus and no longer receives funding, you may want to review recent Carnegie Corporation publications related to bioweapons on our Publications page including: Crafting Policies to Control Biological Weapons (Carnegie Review, 2009) and Biosecurity: A 21st Century Challenge (Carnegie Challenge Paper, 2005).
  
  Campaign Finance Reform
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to campaign finance reform through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement
  
  China
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to, and occurring in China through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security U.S. Global Engagement
  
  Citizenship (U.S.)
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to citizenship (U.S.) through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement
  
  Civic Education
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to civic education through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement
  
  Civics
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to civics through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement
  
  Common Academic Standards
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Common Academic Standards through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Opportunity Equation
  
  Data-Driven Decision Making
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to data-driven decision making through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems
  
  Diplomacy
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to diplomacy through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security States at Risk U.S. Global Engagement
  
  Disarmament
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to disarmament through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security
  
  Early Childhood Development
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York has funded work to address issues related to Early Childhood Development. While this work is no longer considered part of our current strategic focus and no longer receives funding, you may want to review past Carnegie Corporation publications related to Early Childhood Development.
  
  Education Accountability
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to education accountability through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems
  
  Education Reform
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to education reform through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Strengthening Human Capital Building Knowledge and Affecting Policy Opportunity Equation
  
  Educational Data
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to improving the use of educational data through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems
  
  Electoral Reform
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to electoral reform through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement
  
  Eurasia
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to, and occurring in Eurasia through the following programs:
  Higher Education in Eurasia
  
  Evidence-Based Assessment
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to evidence-based assessment through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Strengthening Human Capital
  
  Foreign Affairs
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Foreign Affairs through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security States at Risk U.S. Global Engagement
  
  Foreign Policy
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Foreign Policy through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security States at Risk U.S. Global Engagement
  
  Former Soviet Union
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to, and occurring in the former Soviet Union through the following programs:
  Higher Education in Eurasia
  
  Higher Education
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to higher education through the following programs:
  Higher Education in Eurasia Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Strengthening Human Capital Building Knowledge and Affecting Policy Higher Education and Libraries in Africa Investing in Africa's Next Generation of Academics and University Leaders ICTs for Teaching, Learning and Research Libraries and Information
  
  Immigrants/Immigration
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to immigrants/immigration through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement
  
  Iran
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Iran through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security
  
  Islam
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Islam through the following programs:
  Islam Initiative Carnegie Scholars Program
  
  Journalism
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to journalism through the following programs:
  Future of Journalism Education Dissemination
  
  Libraries
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to libraries through the following programs:
  Higher Education and Libraries in Africa Libraries and Information
  
  Math and Science
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to math and science education through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Opportunity Equation
  
  Muslims
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Muslims through the following programs:
  Islam Initiative Carnegie Scholars Program
  
  Naturalization
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to naturalization through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Immigrant Civic Integration
  
  New Media
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to new media through the following programs:
  Future of Journalism Education Dissemination
  
  North Korea
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to North Korea through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security
  
  Nuclear Power
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to nuclear power through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security
  
  Nuclear Weapons
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to nuclear weapons through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security
  
  Peacebuilding
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to peacebuilding through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security States at Risk U.S. Global Engagement
  
  Public Intellectuals
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to public intellectuals through the following programs:
  Islam Initiative Carnegie Scholars Program
  
  Public Scholars
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to public scholars through the following programs:
  Carnegie Scholars Program
  
  Russia
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to, and occurring in Russia through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security States at Risk U.S. Global Engagement
  
  Scholarship
  
  Nearly all of the work funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York supports scholarship at some level.
  Programs
  
  School Design
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to school design through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems
  
  Student Performance
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to student performance through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Strengthening Human Capital Building Knowledge and Affecting Policy Opportunity Equation
  
  Teacher Training
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to teacher training through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education Strengthening Human Capital
  
  Track II Diplomacy
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to Track II diplomacy through the following programs:
  International Peace and Security Nuclear Security
  
  Urban School Reform
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to urban school reform through the following programs:
  Urban and Higher Education New Designs for Education Systems Strengthening Human Capital Building Knowledge and Affecting Policy Opportunity Equation
  
  Voting
  
  Carnegie Corporation of New York addresses issues related to voting through the following programs:
  U.S. Democracy and Immigrant Civic Integration Voter Engagement

News

Grantee News

This section displays reports, news, and other information from and about our grantees that highlight and celebrate their work and accomplishments.

April 22, 2013

ALA Names Finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced six books as finalists for the 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, awarded for the previous year's best...
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April 9, 2013

A Different Side of the Immigration Debate: The New Americans Campaign

Carnegie Corporation supports the New Americans Campaign, a bi-partisan national coalition working to modernize and streamline access to naturalization services. Eric Cohen, the executive director of...
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April 9, 2013

Final Next Generation Science Standards Released. State-created standards for science education in the 21st Century

On Tuesday, April 9, the final Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a new set of voluntary, rigorous, and internationally benchmarked standards for K-12 science education, were released....
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February 13, 2013

Longlist for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction announced

2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction have been selected from the most recent Booklist Editors’ Choice and RUSA Notable Books List. The six-title shortlist—three each...
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February 5, 2013

inBloom Inc. Launches to Enable Personalized Learning Through Easier Access to Information and Technology

New nonprofit organization is working with nine states representing more than 11 million students, with support from a wide range of education technology companies. Today the Shared Learning...
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January 16, 2013

Afghanistan Making Great Strides In Womens' Higher Ed, But Significant Barriers Still Exist

In October, with a $1 million grant from Carnegie Corporation, The Asia Foundation announced a new initiative, Carnegie Corporation Scholarships for Afghan Women. The project will run through March...
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January 7, 2013

Foreign Affairs-Undisciplined, Expensive, and Bloody Foreign Policy Has Done Untold Harm To U.S. National Security

The United States' “undisciplined, expensive, and bloody strategy has done untold harm to U.S. national security. It makes enemies almost as fast as it slays them, discourages allies from paying for...
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January 7, 2013

U.S. Spends More on Immigration Enforcement than on FBI, DEA, Secret Service & All Other Federal Criminal Law Enforcement Agencies Combined

Nearly $187 Billion Spent on Federal Immigration Enforcement over Past 26 Years. The U.S. government spends more on federal immigration enforcement than on all other principal federal criminal law...
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January 7, 2013

RISE -Tapping Africa's Scientific Potential

When John Mwero looks at charred sugar cane ash he sees sturdy bridges, soaring skyscrapers and stable roads. He's convinced that bagasse ash - the residue that's left after processors suck out the...
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December 19, 2012

Deana Arsenian: Russia’s Foreign Friends

For the last nine years, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has hosted the Valdai International Discussion Club, devoting time and attention to leading Russia experts from around the world. Putin’s...
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December 11, 2012

New Report-What Do Nonprofits Stand For? Renewing the Nonprofit Value Commitment

This is a crucial time for nonprofits around the country. As the federal government moves to avoid the fiscal cliff, reduce or cap the federal tax deduction for charitable contributions, which have...
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November 16, 2012

Keeping Irreplaceables in D.C. Public Schools

A new case study published by TNTP, a Carnegie Corporation grantee, provides a deep look at teacher retention strategies and how they're playing out in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). The...
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November 13, 2012

Coalition Launches Unprecedented, National Campaign to Help Legal Residents Become U.S. Citizens

New software, mega workshops and non-profit collaboration to innovate naturalization assistance; Two former INS Commissioners join effort, lending bipartisan support. An unprecedented national...
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October 10, 2012

Carnegie Corporation-Funded Crisis Guide: Iran Wins Emmy

Crisis Guide: Iran a multimedia feature produced by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) through a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York, has been awarded an Emmy in the category for New...
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September 13, 2012

Nine Years After Its Initial Grant, Carnegie Corporation Report Recounts StoryCorps’ Own Story

A new report details how one grantmaking foundation’s early funding for StoryCorps helped initiate the project, giving it a “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” which in turn attracted the support of...
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July 31, 2012

Mike Chinoy, Former CNN Asia Correspondent, Explores Kim Jong Un’s First Months as Supreme Leader

Seven months after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jon-il, Mike Chinoy sits down with North Korea specialist Yoo Ho-Yeol to discuss the political transitions taking place on the Korean...
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January 29, 2012

Carnegie Hall Receives $2 Million in Major Support for New Digital Archives Project

$1 Million Challenge Grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York and Matching Gift from Susan and Elihu Rose Foundation Enables Carnegie Hall To Launch Long-Range Project Digitizing Archival...
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January 23, 2012

Grant to Provide Fundraising Training, Other Advancement Initiatives for 19 African Institutions

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has received a two-year, US$450,000 grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to provide resources and training in fundraising and...
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January 11, 2012

New Index Reports World's Nuclear Stocks Remain Unsecured

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) today released a first-of-its-kind, public baseline assessment of the status of nuclear materials security conditions in 176 countries. The NTI Nuclear Materials...
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January 11, 2012

Doomsday Clock Moves 1 Minute Closer To Midnight

Faced with inadequate progress on nuclear weapons reduction and proliferation, and continuing inaction on climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS), at a symposium in Washington, DC...
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Achievement Gap

Africa

Biological Weapons (Bioweapons)

Campaign Finance Reform

China

Citizenship (U.S.)

Civic Education

Civics

Common Academic Standards

Data-Driven Decision Making

Diplomacy

Disarmament

Early Childhood Development

Education Accountability

Education Reform

Educational Data

Electoral Reform

Eurasia

Evidence-Based Assessment

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Policy

Former Soviet Union

Higher Education

Immigrants/Immigration

Iran

Islam

Journalism

Libraries

Math and Science

Muslims

Naturalization

New Media

North Korea

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Weapons

Peacebuilding

Public Intellectuals

Public Scholars

Russia

Scholarship

School Design

Student Performance

Teacher Training

Track II Diplomacy

Urban School Reform

Voting

News

Grantee News

April 22, 2013

ALA Names Finalists for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

April 9, 2013

A Different Side of the Immigration Debate: The New Americans Campaign

April 9, 2013

Final Next Generation Science Standards Released. State-created standards for science education in the 21st Century

February 13, 2013

Longlist for 2013 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction announced

February 5, 2013

inBloom Inc. Launches to Enable Personalized Learning Through Easier Access to Information and Technology

January 16, 2013

Afghanistan Making Great Strides In Womens' Higher Ed, But Significant Barriers Still Exist

January 7, 2013

Foreign Affairs-Undisciplined, Expensive, and Bloody Foreign Policy Has Done Untold Harm To U.S. National Security

January 7, 2013

U.S. Spends More on Immigration Enforcement than on FBI, DEA, Secret Service & All Other Federal Criminal Law Enforcement Agencies Combined

January 7, 2013

RISE -Tapping Africa's Scientific Potential

December 19, 2012

Deana Arsenian: Russia’s Foreign Friends

December 11, 2012

New Report-What Do Nonprofits Stand For? Renewing the Nonprofit Value Commitment

November 16, 2012

Keeping Irreplaceables in D.C. Public Schools

November 13, 2012

Coalition Launches Unprecedented, National Campaign to Help Legal Residents Become U.S. Citizens

October 10, 2012

Carnegie Corporation-Funded Crisis Guide: Iran Wins Emmy

September 13, 2012

Nine Years After Its Initial Grant, Carnegie Corporation Report Recounts StoryCorps’ Own Story

July 31, 2012

Mike Chinoy, Former CNN Asia Correspondent, Explores Kim Jong Un’s First Months as Supreme Leader

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