Section 656.3 - [Effective until 8/15/2025] 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;(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.64 FR 7739, Feb. 16, 1999, as amended at 74 FR 35072 , July 17, 2009 Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1122