10 U.S.C. § 2111b — Senior military colleges: Department of Defense international student program
submitted 27 years ago by Pub. L. 106-65 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 265 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense must create a program to enroll and teach foreign students at senior military colleges. The program has stated educational and military-to-military purposes, and the Secretary may pay some or all instruction costs.
(a) The Secretary of Defense must establish a program* that helps people from foreign countries enroll and study as international students at senior military colleges.
(b) The program must: (1) give international students a high-quality, cost-effective, military-based education that advances the Department of Defense’s military-to-military program goals; and (2) improve the education and preparation of future United States military leaders through more and longer interaction with highly qualified potential foreign military leaders.
(c) The program’s implementation guidelines must be developed with the senior military colleges.
(d) Each year, using criteria the Secretary establishes, the Secretary must identify to the senior military colleges the international students the Secretary recommends for consideration under the program. The Secretary must do this as early as possible so the colleges can consider the students on time in their admissions processes.
(e) An international student admitted under this section must pay* the cost of instruction. The Secretary may use Department of Defense funds, other than funds available for financial assistance under section 2107a of this title, to pay some or all of that cost.
The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program to facilitate the enrollment and instruction of persons from foreign countries as international students at the senior military colleges.
The purposes of the program shall be—
to provide a high-quality, cost-effective military-based educational experience for international students in furtherance of the military-to-military program objectives of the Department of Defense; and
to enhance the educational experience and preparation of future United States military leaders through increased, extended interaction with highly qualified potential foreign military leaders.
Guidelines for implementation of the program shall be developed in coordination with the senior military colleges.
The Secretary of Defense shall annually identify to the senior military colleges the international students who, based on criteria established by the Secretary, the Secretary recommends be considered for admission under the program. The Secretary shall identify the recommended international students to the senior military colleges as early as possible each year to enable those colleges to consider them in a timely manner in their respective admissions processes.
An international student who is admitted to a senior military college under the program under this section is responsible for the cost of instruction at that college. The Secretary of Defense may, from funds available to the Department of Defense other than funds available for financial assistance under section 2107a of this title, provide some or all of the costs of instruction for any such student.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 541(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 606.)
- 1999Enacted · Pub. L. 106-65 · 113 Stat. 606
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