NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE FACULTY
RECEIVES $300,000 GRANT FROM CARNEGIE CORPORATION
FOR JOURNAL DONATION PROJECT
(New York, NY – July 10, 2002) New School University's Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science has received a major grant of $300,000 from the Carnegie Corporation for its Journal Donation Project (JDP). The grant will go towards the continuation of the JDP's work in 65 libraries in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Particular attention will be paid to eight newly established Russian Centers for Advanced Study and Education (CASE), which, through the support of the Carnegie Corporation are set to become Russia's premier universities. Arien Mack, Alfred J. and Monette Marrow Professor of Psychology at New School University's Graduate Faculty, and editor of the journal, "Social Research," is Director of the Journal Donation Project (JDP).
The project, which was founded in 1990 by Professor Mack, assists in rebuilding
major research and teaching libraries throughout the countries of the former
Soviet Union through the provision of current subscriptions and back volume
sets to English-language scholarly, professional and current events journals.
In the last few years the JDP has also begun assisting research libraries in
Nigeria and Iran. The Journal Donation Project was created as a transitional
form of assistance for the libraries in its network, as they struggle within
precarious economies on their road to independence. The journals provided are
concentrated in the social sciences, humanities, law, public policy, business,
education and medicine.
As an outgrowth of the connection between Social Research and scholars
in East and Central Europe, in 1990 Social Research began The East and
Central Europe Journal Donation Project (JDP). Other journals were asked to
join in donating fifteen subscriptions for distribution to academic and research
libraries in the region. The JDP now provides subscriptions to 900 journals
in approximately 250 libraries in 21 countries throughout East and Central Europe
and Central Asia.
For more information, go to the Web site at: http://www.newschool.edu/centers/jdp.htm
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The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science,
a division of New School University, awards M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in
anthropology, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology.
In addition, interdisciplinary M.A. programs are offered in historical studies
and liberal arts. The Graduate Faculty has an enrollment of about 1,050 students.
International students comprise nearly 30% of the student body and come from
about 70 different countries. For further information on the Graduate Faculty,
call (212) 229-5777 or go to the Web site a: www.newschool.edu
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