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07092 - (B2587621]
[Study of Foreign Languages and Related Areas: Federal Support,
Adainistration, Need]. ID-78-46; B-145541. September 13, 1978.
40 pp. + 3 appendices (9 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Bluer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Education Programs
(3300).
Ccntact: International Div.
Budget Function: Education, manpower, and Sccial Services:
Higher Education (502).
Organization 3ncerned: Department of Health, Education, and
welfare; Office of Education.
Congressanal Relevance: House Committee on Education ani Labor;
Senate Committee on Human Resources; Congrest.
Authority: National Defense Education Act of 1956, title Vl.
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as
amended.
Title V1 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958
authorized Federal financial assistanre tu institutions of
higher educaticn to promote the study of needed foreign
languages and related areas. Through fiscal year 1978, aboot
$229 zillion in such assistance has been providsd through the
Office of Education (01). Grants were awarded to support
language and area centers and research projects, T&nd starter
grants were awarded for new international studies programs.
Findings/Conclusions: Since 1968, overall enrollments in the
study cf modern foreign languages have fallen, kut enrollments
in languages supported by title VI have ircrevsed. Grants are
being sade on the basis of 1972 data from an OE study on
language priorities. National language needs are still
undetermined because of the many languages and fields of study
and the difficulties in determining needs. Also, it has been
difficult to assess the appropriate levels of Federal funding
for title VI programs. Conditions giving rise to the need for
title VI have changed, but the need still exists in view of
present international relations. The stable level of funding
provided by the Congress in recent years should te continued.
Federal administration of title VI programs seems to be
effective and management of the programs has been improved, but
additional administrative improvements are needed.
Recommendations: The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
should require the OE to: visit centers receiving title VI
grants at least once every 2 years, prepare and distribute to
appropriate parties a biannual report containing lessons
learned kased on reports fro* the visits to centers, provide
feedback reports to the centers at least once a year on their
reports to 01, and develop a system to evaluate the
effectiveness of the program providing starter grunts to new
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