Study of Foreign Languages and Related Areas: Federal Support, Administration, Need : Report to the Congress |
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80 centers academic African Studies Center Agency Comments Area Center Area Studies Center Asian Studies Center awards Bengali center grants center reports Centers visited commonly taught foreign commonly taught languages Defense Education Act Dissertation Research Abroad East Asian Studies East European Studies East Studies Center Education officials European Studies Center fiscal year 1978 graduate Group Projects Abroad Ilocano improve International Studies Program Language and Area language programs Latin American Studies less commonly taught modern foreign languages Modern Language Association National Defense Education NDEA Title Office of Education outreach percent postsecondary institutions Quechua Russian and East Secretary of Health Serbo-Croatian Southeast Asia specialists Sputnik studies and language Studies Center 95,000 Studies Center UG study of foreign supported by Title Swahili taught foreign languages Telugu tion Title VI center Title VI fellowships Title VI programs Tufts University University of Denver visited by GAO visits to centers Xhosa
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Page 9 - Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution or school system...
Page 1 - To meet the present educational emergency requires additional effort at all levels of government. It is therefore the purpose of this Act to provide substantial assistance in various forms to individuals, and to States and their subdivisions, in order to insure trained manpower of sufficient quality and quantity to meet the national defense needs of the United States.
Page 24 - The Congress reaffirms the principle and declares that the States and local communities have and must retain control over and primary responsibility for public education.
Page 7 - Commissioner is authorized, directly or by contract, to make studies and surveys to determine the need for increased or improved instruction in modern foreign languages and other fields needed to provide a full understanding of the areas, regions, or countries in which such languages are commonly used...
Page 4 - ... promoting modern foreign language training and area studies in United States schools, colleges, and universities by supporting visits and study in foreign countries by teachers and prospective teachers in such schools, colleges, and universities for the purpose of improving their skill in languages and their knowledge of the culture of the people of...
Page 2 - This money would be administered by the Office of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Page 41 - Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American...
Page 20 - ... economics, history, humanities (art, drama, music, philosophy, religion), linguistics, literature, and sociology; and (8) The extent to which an institution which is applying for a quota of fellowships in Western European studies includes as part of its language and area studies program such disciplines as anthropology, economics, geography, philosophy and religion, political economy, sociology, and languages other than French, German, Italian, or Spanish; (b) The quality of the institution's...
Page 7 - Scope. •a) Eligible institutions may receive grants to bring consultants from other countries to the United States for an academic year to assist In planning and developing curriculums In modern foreign languages and area studies. (b) Consultants from Western European countries may be approved only If they are to develop curriculums In area studies- with an emphasis on modern political, economic, or social developments. Grants will not be made...
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