The National Resource Center (NRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.
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- International studies
- Africa
- Asia
- Canada
- East Asia
- Europe and Russia
- Inner Asia
- Latin America
- Middle East
- Pacific Islands
- Russia East Europe
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Western EuropeEurope
- References
Also known as Title VI grants, because the program is formally established in Title VI, Part A, § 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Title VI was originally authorized as Title VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 as a response to the launch of Sputnik I and the U.S. government’s recognition that a stronger and broader capacity in foreign language and area studies was needed.), these grants support undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on:
The NRC grants are awarded on a quadrennial schedule, through a competition overseen by the Office of International and Foreign Language Education (formerly the International Education Programs Service) within the Department of Education. The most recent award competition provided funding for the FY 2010-2013 period.
International studies
Africa
Bryn Mawr College,
Haverford College,
Swarthmore College (joint)
Asia
Canada
State University of New York at Plattsburgh (joint)
Western Washington University — Center for Canadian American Studies (joint)
East Asia
University of Southern California (joint)
Indiana University (joint)
Europe and Russia
Syracuse University
Inner Asia
Latin America
New York University (joint)
University of North Carolina (joint)
University of California, San Diego (joint)
Florida International University (joint)
University of Chicago (joint)
Middle East
Pacific Islands
Russia East Europe
University of North Carolina (joint)
South Asia
Syracuse University (joint)
North Carolina State University,
University of North Carolina (joint)
Southeast Asia
University of California, Los Angeles (joint)
Western Europe/Europe
Columbia University (joint)