IAS Newsletter: Carnegie Corporation and IAS - Transforming Science and Mathematics Education

Carnegie Corporation of New York is a generous supporter of the Institute for Advanced Study. Vartan Gregorian, its President and an Institute Trustee since 1987, often speaks of the Institute as “a university to universities,” in recognition of its role as one of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. Carnegie Corporation has supported the Institute’s work in the humanities with a recent grant emphasizing collaboration and cross-fertilization between the Schools of Historical Studies and Social Science. It has also funded joint projects with the Institute that aim to have a transformative impact on science and mathematics education in the United States and Africa. Its support of these projects, the Opportunity Equation in the United States and the Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) in Africa, totals more than $13 million since 2007. Article here (top of page 14).