[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR656.3]

[Page 367-368]
 
                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
PART 656--NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND AREA 
STUDIES OR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 656.3  What activities define a comprehensive or undergraduate National 
Resource Center?

    A comprehensive or undergraduate National Resource Center--
    (a) Teaches at least one modern foreign language;
    (b) Provides--
    (1) Instruction in fields necessary to provide a full understanding 
of the areas, regions, or countries in which the modern foreign language 
taught is commonly used;
    (2) Resources for research and training in international studies, 
and the international and foreign language aspects of professional and 
other fields of study; or
    (3) Instruction and research on issues in world affairs that concern 
one or more countries;
    (c) Provides outreach and consultative services on a national, 
regional, and local basis;
    (d) Maintains linkages with overseas institutions of higher 
education and other organizations that may contribute to the teaching 
and research of the Center;
    (e) Maintains important library collections;
    (f) Employs faculty engaged in training and research that relates to 
the subject area of the Center;
    (g) Conducts projects in cooperation with other centers addressing 
themes of world, regional, cross-regional, international, or global 
importance; and
    (h) Conducts summer institutes in the United States or abroad 
designed

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to provide language and area training in the Center's field or topic.

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

[64 FR 7739, Feb. 16, 1999]