CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (parts 600 to 694) > PART 656—NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES > SUBPART A—General (§656.1 to §656.7) > 656.1—What is the National Resource Centers Program?

656.1—What is the National Resource Centers Program?

Under the National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Areas Studies or Foreign Language and International Studies (National Resource Centers Program), the Secretary awards grants to institutions of higher education and consortia of institutions to establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive and undergraduate Centers that will be national resources for—
(a) Teaching of any modern foreign language;
(b) Instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of areas, regions, or countries in which the modern foreign language is commonly used;
(c) Research and training in international studies and the international and foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and
(d) Instruction and research on issues in world affairs that concern one or more countries.

Code of Federal Regulations

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122 )

Code of Federal Regulations

[61 FR 50193, Sept. 24, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 7739, Feb. 16, 1999; 74 FR 35072, July 17, 2009]