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National Capital Language Resource Center: Who Is Paying the Bills? The Federal Budget and Foreign Language Education in U.S. Schools and Universities
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Keatley, Catharine – Learning Languages, 2004
In this paper, the authors review all the Federal programs that support, at least partially, foreign language education for non-government language students, and they calculated the maximum amount that these programs spend on foreign language education. The Department of Education (ED) receives the most funding for these projects with total…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Resource Centers, Budgets, Expenditures
Outreach in Foreign-Area Studies Centers.
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Merkx, Gilbert W. – Journal of Public Service & Outreach, 1998
Outlines origins and outreach efforts of the federal National Resource Centers (NRCs) for Foreign Language and Area Studies, and describes the University of New Mexico's Latin American Institute. Activities include outreach to elementary/secondary schools, outreach with federal/state/local agencies, information services to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Area Studies, College Programs, College Second Language Programs
The Higher Education Amendments of 1998: The Impact on Colleges and Students.
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
The implications of the 1998 Higher Education Act Amendments for students and institutions are summarized, including those for federal student financial aid programs, loan guarantee agency reforms, distance-education programs, student and institutional eligibility, campus crime, college costs, federal outreach and student service programs,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Area Studies, Crime, Distance Education