National Resource Center

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.

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.),[1] 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.

2006-2009 National Resource Centers[3]

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 Europe/Europe

References

  1. "Title VI 50th Anniversary Meeting". Michigan State University. 2008-10-01. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  2. "National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies white paper" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
  3. "NRC and FLAS Fellowship Program Grantees and Funding for FY 2006 and 2007" (PDF). National Resource Centers Program. U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

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