Joseph Pulitzer accompanied his 1902 proposal for a college of journalism at Columbia University with a $2M endowment; the program opened in 1912 based on Pulitzer's own pedagogies.
And we said, 'Wouldn't it be great if they had a chance to reflect on their experience?' " The endowment announced the program in April, including the plan to publish an anthology of war writing from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In addition to the program's endowment, which will pay for 3 scholarships this year, 8 scholarships are paid by the foundation and 10 by annual contributions from readers.
The program, whose endowment represents one of the largest single gifts to education in the world and one of the largest philanthropic gifts ever in China, was announced by Mr. Schwarzman in Beijing on Sunday.
So what I want to know is, 'How can they delve into those feelings at a healthy level?' " Mr. Gioia, the chairman of the endowment, conceived the idea for the program about 18 months ago.
Still, you couldn't help recognizing that the endowment program, even in fledgling form, did its work, bridging the cultural divide not only by bringing actual writers in contact with actual soldiers, sailors and marines, but also by impressing on the people who are hungry to tell about the war that there are many people who are hungry to hear about it.
The grant is one of 86 awards totaling $860,000 that are part of the endowment's program called Challenge America: Access to the Arts Fast Track Review, which is aimed at establishing arts partnerships within communities.
At the beginning of this partnership, we were giving operational money, and as the program matured, it became endowment funds.
The grant was one of 135 $10,000 awards distributed nationally through the endowment's program called Challenge America: Reaching Every Community.
The program operates on interest from the endowment.
