Scholarships, Grants, Loans: National Flagship Language Program Grants To U.S. Institutions Of Higher Education - Introduction

National Flagship Language Program Grants To U.S. Institutions Of Higher Education - #12.550

Program Objectives

(1) To establish centers for the teaching of critical languages that enable students to reach or exceed Level 3 in proficiency based on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale in African Languages, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Persian, and Russian; (2) To develop curricular, institutional, and instructional models for advanced language learning; (3) To test those models; (4) To stimulate institutional support and long term commitment to reforming language learning; and (5) To improve national capacity in critical languages.

Funding (obligations)

(Salaries) FY 10 $10,988,500; FY 11 $10,000,000; FY 12 $10,000,000

Related Programs

National Security Education Program David L. Boren Scholarships - (Boren Scholarships Program)
National Security Education Program David L. Boren Fellowships - (Boren Fellowships Program)
National Flagship Language Program Fellowships
English for Heritage Language Speakers Scholarships - (EHLS Program)

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