National Resource Center

The National Resource Center (NRC) Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.

Also known as Title VI grants, because the program is formally established in Title VI, Part A, § 602 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Title VI was originally authorized as Title VI of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 as a response to the launch of Sputnik I and the U.S. government’s recognition that a stronger and broader capacity in foreign language and area studies was needed.)^[1], these grants support undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on:

• instruction of fields and topics that provide full understanding of areas, regions or countries;
• research and training in international studies;
• work in the language aspects of professional fields and research, and
• instruction and research on issues critical to current world affairs.^[2]

The NRC grants are awarded on a quadrennial schedule, through a competition overseen by the Office of International and Foreign Language Education (formerly the International Education Programs Service) within the Department of Education. The most recent award competition provided funding for the FY 2010-2013 period.

2006-2009 National Resource Centers^[3]

International studies

• Duke University — Center for International Studies (DUCIS)
• Indiana University — Center for the Study of Global Change
• Michigan State University — Center for Advanced Study of International Development
• University of Chicago — Center for International Studies
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — Center for Global Studies
• University of Minnesota — Institute for Global Studies
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Center for Global Initiatives
• University of Washington — Center for Global Studies
• University of Wisconsin–Madison — Global Studies

Africa

• Boston University
• Indiana University
• Michigan State University
• Ohio University
• University of Florida
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Kansas
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Pennsylvania,
  Bryn Mawr College,
  Haverford College,
  Swarthmore College (joint)
• University of Wisconsin - African Studies Program
• Yale University

Asia

• Michigan State University
• University of Minnesota - Consortium for the Study of the Asias [1]
• University of Colorado - Center for Asian Studies http://www.colorado.edu/cas

Canada

• University of Maine,
  State University of New York at Plattsburgh (joint)
• University of Washington — Canadian Studies Center,
  Western Washington University — Center for Canadian American Studies (joint)

East Asia

• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Duke University
• Harvard University
• Ohio State University
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles,
  University of Southern California (joint)
• University of Chicago
• University of Hawaii
• University of Illinois,
  Indiana University (joint)
• University of Kansas
• University of Michigan
• University of Pennsylvania, Center for East Asian Studies
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Washington — East Asia Center
• University of Wisconsin–Madison — Center for East Asian Studies
• Yale University

Europe and Russia

• Cornell University,
  Syracuse University
• University of California, Los Angeles
• Yale University

Inner Asia

• Indiana University - Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center

Latin America

• Brown University
• Columbia University,
  New York University (joint)
• Duke University,
  University of North Carolina (joint)
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• Indiana University
• San Diego State University,
  University of California, San Diego (joint)
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Florida,
  Florida International University (joint)
• University of Illinois,
  University of Chicago (joint)
• University of Michigan
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Texas
• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Latin American, Iberian and Caribbean Studies
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee - Center for Latin America and Caribbean Studies(joint)
• Vanderbilt University
• Yale University
• Tulane University

Middle East

• Columbia University
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• New York University
• Ohio State University
• Princeton University
• University of Arizona
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois - Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
• University of Michigan
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Texas
• University of Utah
• University of Washington - Middle East Center
• Yale University

Pacific Islands

• University of Hawaii

Russia East Europe

• Columbia University
• Duke University,
  University of North Carolina (joint)
• Georgetown University
• Harvard University
• Indiana University — Russian and East European Institute
• Ohio State University
• Stanford University
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois
• University of Kansas
• University of Michigan
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Texas
• University of Washington — Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies
• University of Wisconsin - Center for Russia, East Europe & Central Asia

South Asia

• Columbia University
• Cornell University,
  Syracuse University (joint)
• Duke University,
  North Carolina State University,
  University of North Carolina (joint)
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Chicago — South Asia Language and Area Center (SALAC)
• University of Michigan — Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Texas
• University of Washington — South Asia Center
• University of Wisconsin - Center for South Asia

Southeast Asia

• Cornell University
• Northern Illinois University
• Ohio University
• University of California, Berkeley,
  University of California, Los Angeles (joint)
• University of Hawaii
• University of Michigan
• University of Washington — Southeast Asia Center
• University of Wisconsin - Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Western Europe/Europe

• Indiana University
• New York University,
  Columbia University (joint)
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of Florida
• University of Illinois - European Union Center
• University of Minnesota
• University of North Carolina
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Washington — Center for West European Studies
• University of Wisconsin, Madison - Center for European Studies

References

1. ^ "Title VI 50th Anniversary Meeting". Michigan State University. 2008-10-01. http://titlevi50th.msu.edu/announcement/. Retrieved 2008-10-22. 
2. ^ "National Resource Centers Program for Foreign Language and Area Studies white paper" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsnrc/gtepiegpsnrc.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-22. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "NRC and FLAS Fellowship Program Grantees and Funding for FY 2006 and 2007" (PDF). National Resource Centers Program. U.S. Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/nrcflasgrantees2006-09.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

External links

• International Education Programs Service
• Title VI National Resource Centers web portal