$2.1 Million Carnegie Program Targets Teen Prejudice

By Jeff Archer

With grants totaling $2.1 million, the Carnegie Corporation of New York is hoping to breathe new life into what many scholars see as a critical but neglected field of research: adolescent prejudice.

The New York City foundation this week will formally announce the 16 grants, which were awarded earlier this year to research projects from Massachusetts to San Francisco to find out how America's children develop their attitudes toward people from different backgrounds.

Carnegie officials hope the initiative will improve intergroup relations, while also encouraging greater investment in such research by other philanthropic organizations...