20 U.S.C. § 1122 — Graduate and undergraduate language and area centers and programs
submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 89-329 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 949 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may support national centers and programs for foreign languages, area studies, and international studies, including undergraduate networks. Grants may fund teaching, research, outreach, travel, fellowships, and related activities.
(a)(1) The Secretary* may grant funds to higher-education institutions or consortia to establish, strengthen, and operate comprehensive centers and programs and a diverse undergraduate network in foreign languages, area studies*, and international studies. They are national resources for modern-language teaching; study of regions and countries where languages are used; international research and training, including professional fields; and research and instruction on world-affairs issues. (2) Grants may pay for materials; curriculum work; overseas institutional links; visiting scholars; faculty and staff development; cooperative projects; summer institutes in the United States or abroad; foreign travel and educational programs abroad*; instructors of less commonly taught languages; and projects helping STEM students gain language proficiency. (3) The Secretary may support important library collections. (4) Additional grants may support links with professional schools; two-year and four-year colleges; postsecondary programs and State* or local education agencies; Federal and State departments and scholarship programs; news media, business, professional, and trade groups; and summer institutes carrying out those links. (b)(1) The Secretary may grant money to institutions or combinations of institutions for stipends to people receiving advanced training in an approved center or program. (2) A stipend recipient must be in a program with performance goals for functional language use, or developing those goals, combined with area, international, or international-professional studies. An undergraduate must study a less commonly taught language at intermediate or advanced level. A graduate student may pursue related graduate study, predissertation study, dissertation preparation, research abroad, or dissertation writing. (c) Undergraduate travel paid under this part must follow Secretary rules ensuring it is part of a formal supervised-study program. (d) A graduate stipend may include dependent and research or study travel allowances in the United States and abroad. An undergraduate stipend may include United States or foreign educational-program allowances closely tied to the course’s goals and promoting language fluency and foreign-culture knowledge. (e) An applicant must apply when, how, and with the information and assurances the Secretary requires. The application must explain how activities reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views and generate debate on world regions and international affairs, and how the applicant will encourage government service in national-need areas identified by the Secretary and need in education, business, and nonprofit work.
The Secretary* is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education or consortia of such institutions for the purpose of establishing, strengthening, and operating—
comprehensive foreign language and area or international studies centers and programs; and
a diverse network of undergraduate foreign language and area or international studies centers and programs.
The centers and programs referred to in paragraph (1) shall be national resources for—
teaching of any modern foreign language;
instruction in fields needed to provide full understanding of areas, regions, or countries in which such language is commonly used;
research and training in international studies, and the international and foreign language aspects of professional and other fields of study; and
instruction and research on issues in world affairs that concern one or more countries.
Any such grant may be used to pay all or part of the cost of establishing or operating a center or program, including the cost of—
teaching and research materials;
curriculum planning and development;
establishing and maintaining linkages with overseas institutions of higher education and other organizations that may contribute to the teaching and research of the center or program;
bringing visiting scholars and faculty to the center to teach or to conduct research;
professional development of the center’s faculty and staff;
projects conducted in cooperation with other centers addressing themes of world regional, cross-regional, international, or global importance;
summer institutes in the United States or abroad designed to provide language and area training in the center’s field or topic;
support for faculty, staff, and student travel in foreign areas, regions, or countries, and for the development and support of educational programs abroad* for students;
supporting instructors of the less commonly taught languages; and
projects that support students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to achieve foreign language proficiency.
The Secretary may make grants to centers described in paragraph (1) having important library collections, as determined by the Secretary, for the maintenance of such collections.
The Secretary may make additional grants to centers described in paragraph (1) for any one or more of the following purposes:
Programs of linkage or outreach between foreign language, area studies*, or other international fields, and professional schools and colleges.
Programs of linkage or outreach with 2- and 4-year colleges and universities.
Programs of linkage or outreach between or among—
postsecondary programs or departments in foreign language, area studies, or other international fields; and
State* educational agencies or local educational agencies.
Partnerships or programs of linkage and outreach with departments or agencies of Federal and State governments, including Federal or State scholarship programs for students in related areas.
Programs of linkage or outreach with the news media, business, professional, or trade associations.
Summer institutes in area studies, foreign language, and other international fields designed to carry out the programs described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), and (E).
The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education or combinations of such institutions for the purpose of paying stipends to individuals undergoing advanced training in any center or program approved by the Secretary.
A student receiving a stipend described in paragraph (1) shall be engaged—
in an instructional program with stated performance goals for functional foreign language use or in a program developing such performance goals, in combination with area studies, international studies, or the international aspects of a professional studies program; and
in the case of an undergraduate student, in the intermediate or advanced study of a less commonly taught language; or
in the case of a graduate student, in graduate study in connection with a program described in subparagraph (A), including—
predissertation level study;
preparation for dissertation research;
dissertation research abroad; or
dissertation writing.
No funds may be expended under this part for undergraduate travel except in accordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary setting forth policies and procedures to assure that Federal funds made available for such travel are expended as part of a formal program of supervised study.
A stipend awarded to a graduate level recipient may include allowances for dependents and for travel for research and study in the United States and abroad.
A stipend awarded to an undergraduate level recipient may include an allowance for educational programs in the United States or educational programs abroad that—
are closely linked to the overall goals of the recipient’s course of study; and
have the purpose of promoting foreign language fluency and knowledge of foreign cultures.
Each institution of higher education* or consortium of such institutions desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information and assurances as the Secretary may require. Each such application shall include—
an explanation of how the activities funded by the grant will reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views and generate debate on world regions and international affairs; and
a description of how the applicant will encourage government service in areas of national need, as identified by the Secretary, as well as in areas of need in the education, business, and nonprofit sectors.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–329, title VI, § 602, as added Pub. L. 105–244, title VI, § 601, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1775; amended Pub. L. 110–315, title VI, § 602, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3334.)
- 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 89-329 · 112 Stat. 1775
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-315 · 122 Stat. 3334
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-329 on 1998-10-07.
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