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National
Resource Centers
 Department
of Education National Resource Center and Foreign Language
and Area Studies Fellowship Funds are Awarded to Eight International
and Area Studies Centers.
In
summer 2003 seven International
and Area Studies centers were awarded three-year
Department of Education Title VI grants for the 2003/2005
period. The seven Area Centers are: Center
for Latin American Studies, Center
for Middle Eastern Studies, Center
for South Asia Studies, Center
for Southeast Asia Studies in a consortia with
UCLA Center for Southeast Studies, the Institute
of East Asian Studies, the Institute
of European Studies and the Institute
for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies.
The Center
for African Studies was awarded Title VI grant
money for graduate student language fellowships under
the "Foreign Language and Area Studies"
program.
The
goal of these grants is to significantly contribute to the
national interest by increasing the understanding of regions
of the world and knowledge of world languages. The programs
support education of undergraduate and graduate students
who specialize in advanced language and area studies programs
or professional school programs.
The
Centers provide monetary support for specific campus teaching
and research programs by: supporting teaching and research
programs:
- supporting
language and non-language area studies courses;
- awarding
Foreign Language and Area Studies grants to graduate students
for foreign language training;
- providing
grants for specialized library collections and staff salaries;
- developing
curriculum programs for K-12 teachers through Institutes
and online resources;
- sponsoring
lectures and conferences, which address current international
and regional issues for the campus community and the general
public;
- bringing
visiting scholars and faculty to the campus to teach or
to conduct research.
For further information about the various Center programs,
check the specific area Center of interest or the International
and Area Studies web site.
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