[Federal Register: December 24, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 247)] [Notices] [Page 67539-67541] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr24de97-146] [[Page 67539]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part VIII Department of Education _______________________________________________________________________ The International Research and Studies Program; Publication of the 1997 Annual Report; Notice [[Page 67540]] DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION The International Research and Studies Program; Annual Report AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Publication of the 1997 annual report. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Section 606 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of Education to provide assistance to conduct research, studies, and surveys, and develop specialized instructional materials that further the purposes of Part A of Title VI of the HEA. Purpose Under the International Research and Studies Program, the Secretary of Education awards grants and contracts for-- (a) Studies and surveys to determine the needs for increased or improved instruction in foreign language, area studies, or other international fields, including the demand for foreign language, area, and other international specialists in government, education, and the private sector; (b) Studies and surveys to assess the use of graduates of programs supported under this title by governmental, educational, and private sector organizations and other studies assessing the outcomes and effectiveness of programs so supported; (c) Comparative studies of the effectiveness of strategies to provide international capabilities at institutions of higher education; (d) Research on more effective methods of providing instruction and achieving competency in foreign languages; (e) The development and publication of specialized materials for use in foreign language, area studies, and other international fields, or for training foreign language, area, and other international specialists; and (f) The application of performance tests and standards across all areas of foreign language instruction and classroom use. 1997 Program Activities In fiscal year 1997, 21 new grants ($1,822,145) and 12 continuation grants ($962,523) were awarded under the International Research and Studies Program. All of these grants are active currently and will be monitored through progress reports submitted by grantees. Grantees have 90 days after the expiration of the grant to submit the products resulting from their research to the Department of Education for review and acceptance. Completed Research The first grants under the authority of section 606, previously authorized under section 605, were awarded in fiscal year 1981. Most of the research projects funded in FY 1981 through FY 1993 have been completed and reported in previous annual reports. However, a number of completed research projects resulting from grants made during prior fiscal years have been received during the past year. A listing of this completed research follows. Grants from fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 are still ongoing, or have recently expired. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title Author/location ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Analysis of pre- and post-Program ACTR and Bryn Mawr College, 1776 Performance Data for Participants Massachusetts Avenue NW, in the American Council of Washington, DC 20036, Dan Teachers of Russian (ACTR) Davidson. Semester Programs of Advanced Russian Study in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Foreign Language and Georgetown University, Department International Studies Program of of Linguistics, 37th and O Streets Title VI of the Higher Education NW., Washington, DC 20057, Richard Act Part A, Section 606: An T. Thompson. Assessment Study. Learning Strategies in Elementary Georgetown University, Language Schools Language Immersion Research Projects, 2600 Virginia Programs. Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20037- 1905, Anna Uhl Chamot. Teaching Materials Relating to the Emory University, Middle East Middle East for Middle and Research, Program, 203 Bowden Secondary School Teachers. Hall, Atlanta, GA 30322, Kenneth W. Stein. Learner's Dictionary of Haitian Indiana University, Ballantine Hall Creole. 604, Bloomington, IN 47405, Albert Valdman. A Reference Grammar of Hausa....... Indiana University, Institute for the Study of Nigerian Languages and Cultures, Memorial Hall 215, Bloomington, IN 47405-6701, Paul Newman. Business Arabic--Language, Culture The University of Michigan, and Communication. Intermediate Department of Near Eastern and Advanced Levels. Studies, 3,074 Frieze Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285, Raji Rammuny. Teaching about the Americas: University of New Mexico, Latin Electronic Curriculum. American Institute, 801 Yale NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1016, Roma Arellano and Lisa Falk. Foreign Language Registrations in Modern Language Association, 10 U.S. Colleges and Universities Astor Place, New York, NY 10003, Fall 1995. Richard Brod. Foreign Language Enrollments in American Council on the Teaching of Public Secondary Schools Fall 1994. Foreign Languages, 6 Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY 10701, Jamie B. Draper and June H. Hicks. Textbook Component of a Russian State University of New York at Language Video Course When in Albany, Office for Research Russia. Administration 216, Albany, NY 12222, Sophia Lubensky. The China Curriculum Development The American Forum for Global and Dissemination Project. Education, 120 Wall Street Suite 2600, New York, NY 10005, Hazel Sara Greenberg. Implementation and Evaluation of an Carnegie Mellon University, Innovative Japanese Program for Department of Modern Languages, Elementary School (FLES). Baker Hall 160, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, Richard Tucker and Richard Donato. Competency-Based Materials for the University of Wisconsin, Department Teaching of Reading in Indonesian. of South Asian Studies, Madison, WI 53706, Ellen Rafferty. [[Page 67541]] Development of Instructional University of Wisconsin, African Materials about Africa for Studies Program, 205 Ingraham Elementary and Secondary School Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Levels of Education. Madison, WI 53706, James Delehanty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To obtain a copy of a completed study, contact the author at the given address. FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of this report and further information regarding the International Research and Studies Program, write to Jose L. Martinez, Program Officer, International Education and Graduate Programs Service, United States Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S. W., Washington, DC 20202-5247. Telephone number: (202) 401-9784. 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If you have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498. Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511 or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases. Note: The official version of a document is the document published in the Federal Register. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. Dated: December 16, 1997. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 97-33598 Filed 12-23-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P