A Note About This Issue
We end our Centennial editions of this magazine focused on the future. When we began planning for this 100-year milestone in the Corporation’s history, we didn’t want to become distracted by our... more
Vo. 6 / No. 3 / Fall 2011
Table of Contents
The Keys to the Future
The mission that Andrew Carnegie bequeathed to Carnegie Corporation of New York, the philanthropic foundation he created in 1911 by endowing it with the bulk of his fortune, was to promote “the... more
The Responsibility to Protect
Editor’s Note: Carnegie Corporation has long been interested in how the values and accepted behavior—the norms—of states affect international relations. From Andrew Carnegie’s early interest in a ... more
Libraries in South Africa
Andrew Carnegie thought that access to books should be a part of the birthright of every youngster. During the presidency of Vartan Gregorian, Carnegie Corporation has invested in that vision in... more
The New Americans Citizenship Collaboration
Listening to the rhetoric that surrounds the ongoing immigration debate in the United States, it can be difficult to sort out the complexities of the issue that exist beyond the roughly 12... more
Inspire and Educate
It’s no secret that American schools need to do a far better job of teaching math and science. The Carnegie Corporation of New York-Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics and... more
Advancing the Carnegie Legacy in the U.S. and on the Global Stage
Andrew Carnegie envisioned Carnegie Corporation of New York as a foundation that would “promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.” In keeping with this mandate, the... more
Great Journalism Schools
A couple of years ago one of my students came back from Thanksgiving break with an old book he’d found in his grandmother’s attic: Views and Interviews on Journalism, by Charles F. Wingate,... more
Putting Knowledge in Motion
This year brought fresh debate on how to achieve the global competence required of America’s next generation. In the spring, one-year cuts of 40-to-50 percent were made by the U.S. Department of ... more
Recent Events
Honoring the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace On June 7, 2011 Governor Tom Kean, chairman of the Carnegie Corporation Board of Trustees, and Vartan Gregorian, the Corporation’s ... more
The Back Page
Jean Strouse is the author of Morgan, American Financier (1999) and Alice James, A Biography (1980, 2011), which won the Bancroft Prize. Her essays and reviews have appeared in publications... more
Passing on a Philanthropic Legacy
On December 1, 2009, Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, was named the recipient of Common Cause’s first annual Andrew Heiskell Lifetime Achievement Award. These... more
2011 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy
In recognition of the tenth anniversary of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, ten individuals and families were honored for their fidelity to Andrew Carnegie’s core belief that private wealth... more
