Published March 23, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI — Columbia Journalism Review, one of the nation’s most respected journals of news media self-scrutiny, has received $1 million in support for the next four years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $1 million challenge grant to Columbia University, publisher of CJR, is one of 13 journalism grants awarded by […]
Published March 22, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – Reach Out and Read, a national early childhood literacy initiative, will expand its collaborative programs in the Charlotte area, supported by a $647,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grant program, which also includes community literacy efforts in Philadelphia and Palm Beach County, Fla., will provide training for […]
Published March 22, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – Reach Out and Read, a national early childhood literacy initiative, will expand its collaborative programs in the Charlotte area, supported by a $647,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grant program, which also includes community literacy efforts in Philadelphia and Palm Beach County, Fla., will provide training for […]
Published March 20, 2000 by Knight Foundation
Survey of 17,000 U.S. Adults Reveals Common Threads and Different Perspectives in Big Cities and Small Towns
Published March 16, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today released national findings from its Community Indicators Project, a groundbreaking national study examining social attitudes and concerns based on an in-depth nationwide poll and similar surveys in 26 disparate communities where the Foundation makes local grants. Based on the results, it is clear that […]
Published January 10, 1995 by Knight Foundation
SAN DIEGO — Refusal by the National Collegiate Athletic Association convention to water down higher initial- eligibility requirements for athletes means “college sports reform remains on track,” according to leaders of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. “The Knight Commission is gratified that the presidents of American colleges and universities have acted through their NCAA representatives at this convention to […]
Published December 16, 1994 by Knight Foundation
Photo: Commission co-chairs William C. Friday and Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. CHARLOTTE, N.C., — A call went out today to U.S. college presidents and chief executives to rally once again around the cause of college sports reform by helping to reject an attempt to water down new, higher academic standards for student-athletes. In a letter to […]
Published October 25, 1994 by Knight Foundation
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 — The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today called on college presidents to stand firm behind reform of college sports at the annual NCAA Convention scheduled for January in San Diego. The commission urged the presidents to rally to the support of “Proposition 16,” the tougher freshman eligibility rules adopted two years ago by the NCAA […]
Published October 20, 1994 by Knight Foundation
Photo: Commission Co-chairs William C. Friday and Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — Former members of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, concerned about attempts to roll back academic reforms already adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), will reconvene here, Oct. 24, to consider steps they may take. The meeting follows […]
Published December 9, 1991 by Knight Foundation
December 9, 1991 — Five college presidents received unexpected and unsolicited gifts in the mail this morning — no-strings-attached checks for $100,000. The institutions were notified today that they are the recipients of Knight Foundation’s 1991 Presidential Leadership Grants, $100,000 cash awards recognizing quality presidential leadership at small private liberal arts colleges and universities serving special populations. The checks were sent […]
Published July 24, 1991 by Knight Foundation
CHARLOTTE, N.C., — R. Gerald Turner, Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, today was named a member of the independent, blue-ribbon Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics as the replacement for Lamar Alexander, former president of the University of Tennessee who resigned earlier this year upon his confirmation as U.S. Secretary of Education. Turner; Knight Commission co-chairman William C. Friday, […]