[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR656.3]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

 CHAPTER VI--OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

PART 656_NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND 

 

                            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;



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    (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 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]