Foundation Creates Web Site to Educate Voters on Issues

To educate voters and lawmakers during the election season, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has created an Internet clearinghouse for research on the most pressing issues facing America today, including the economy, health care, national security, and foreign policy.

The nonpartisan effort — Advice for the President — does not recommend ideas or say how the presidential candidates stand on a specific issue, but leads visitors to policy information provided by think tanks, universities, and newspapers of different political persuasions.

“How can the role of ideas continue to play an important role in our civic life?” asks Vartan Gregorian, Carnegie’s president, on the Web site. “This site is one attempt to respond to that question. We offer it as a public service and as a celebration of those who work in the spirit of our forefathers to ensure our nation is renewed, energetic, and committed to finding solutions to the problems that face our nation and the world.”

For more on how the presidential candidates stand on issues important to the nonprofit world, please check out the Chronicle‘s Campaign 2008 special report.