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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 434

安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导

The question of aid to our own higher educational institutions often intruded itself upon me, but my belief was that our chief universities, such as Harvard and Columbia, with five to ten thousand students,[49] were large enough; that further growth was undesirable; that the smaller institutions (the colleges especially) were in greater need of help and that it would be a better use of surplus wealth to aid them. Accordingly, I afterwards confined myself to these and am satisfied that this was wise. At a later date we found Mr. Rockefeller's splendid educational fund, The General Education Board, and ourselves were working in this fruitful field without consultation, with sometimes undesirable results. Mr. Rockefeller wished me to join his board and this I did. Coöperation was soon found to be much to our mutual advantage, and we now work in unison.

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定位:Additional excerpt 434 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

卡内基常被问要不要捐钱给哈佛、哥伦比亚这类大大学,但他判断:这些学校已经够大,再扩未必好;真正缺钱的是小学院。所以他把钱集中投给小型院校,并认为这样更明智。后来他发现洛克菲勒的教育基金也在做同样的事,两边没沟通,有时重复浪费。于是洛克菲勒邀他加入董事会,合作后效率提高。核心是:慈善也要讲资源配置,别只往名校锦上添花;同时,同行之间要协调,避免各干各的。

上下文

19世纪末20世纪初美国慈善事业兴起,卡内基和洛克菲勒都捐资教育。卡内基主张重点资助小型学院,后与洛克菲勒的普通教育委员会合作。

今日一问

如果你要捐一笔钱或投入时间,你会选已经资源充足的地方,还是更缺支持的小机构?

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