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;
(h) Conducts summer institutes in the United States or abroad designed to provide language and area training in the Center's field or topic;
(i) Supports instructors of the less commonly taught languages; and
(j) Encourages projects that support students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields to achieve foreign language proficiency.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122)
[64 FR 7739, Feb. 16, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 35072, July 17, 2009]