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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter VI 

[Docket ID ED–2014–OPE–0034; CFDA 

Number: 84.220A.] 

Proposed priorities—Centers for 

International Business Education 

(CIBE) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed priorities. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

proposes priorities for the CIBE Program 

administered by the International and 

Foreign Language Education office 

(IFLE). The Acting Assistant Secretary 

may use these priorities for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2014 

and later years. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘Are you new to the site?’’ 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about these proposed 

regulations, address them to Patricia 

Barrett, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, 

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy Duvall 

Telephone: (202) 502–7622 or by 

email: timothy.duvall@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation 

to Comment: We invite you to submit 

comments regarding these priorities. To 

ensure that your comments have 

maximum effect in developing the final 

priorities, we urge you to identify 

clearly the specific proposed priority 

that each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Orders 12866 

and 13563 and their overall requirement 

of reducing regulatory burden that 

might result from these proposed 

priorities. Please let us know of any 

further ways we could reduce potential 

costs or increase potential benefits 

while preserving the effective and 

efficient administration of the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all comments about 

this notice in Room 6069, 1990 K St. 

NW., Washington, DC, between the 

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, Monday through 

Friday of each week except Federal 

holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the CIBE Program is to provide funding 

to schools of business for curriculum 

development, research, and training on 

issues of importance to U.S. trade and 

competitiveness. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130–1. 

Proposed Priorities: This notice 

contains two proposed priorities. 

Background: 

We are proposing two priorities. The 

first addresses a need to prepare 

international business students to enter 

the workforce more readily and the 

second addresses a gap in the types of 

institutions, faculty, and students that 

have historically benefitted from the 

instruction, training, and outreach 

available at centers for international 

business education. 

We first propose a priority for 

applicants that propose to collaborate 

with one or more professional 

associations and/or businesses on 

activities designed to expand 

employment opportunities for 

international business students, such as 

internships and work-study 

opportunities. In order to meet this 

proposed priority, an applicant must 

propose to collaborate with one or more 

professional associations, businesses, or 

firms on activities designed to expand 

employment opportunities for 

international business students, such as 

internships and work/study 

opportunities. 

The proposed priority encourages 

collaborative activities between CIBEs 

and international businesses or 

professional associations to create 

meaningful internship opportunities for 

students that will enhance their 

employment prospects. Internship 

opportunities that integrate classroom 

learning with real work experience are 

often the result of intentional and 

collaborative efforts between 

universities and industries. Meaningful 

internship experiences enhance 

graduates’ prospects for meaningful 

employment, and they lead to graduates 

who are better able to apply their 

learning in the workplace, earn a salary 

that enables them to be self-supporting, 

and repay their loans rather than 

incurring further debt. Moreover, 

students with international business 

experience are better prepared to 

contribute to the work of their 

employers, which will enhance the 

ability of United States’ businesses to 

prosper in an international economy. 

We propose a second priority for 

applications that propose collaborative 

activities with a Minority-Serving 

Institution (MSI) or a community 

college. Currently the Centers for 

International Business Education 

collaborate with MSIs and community 

colleges only ad hoc. This, however, 

limits the extent to which the 

instruction, training, and professional 

development resources are regularly 

available to and accessed by students 

and faculty at MSIs and community 

colleges. We believe that by requiring 

CIBE institutions and MSIs and 

community colleges to jointly plan, 

conduct, and implement activities, the 

international programming, student 

instruction, career advising, and faculty 

development opportunities on all 

campuses will be strengthened and 

expanded. These collaborations also 

enhance institutional capacity to recruit 

students into international business 

training. 

We believe that by specifying the 

types of institutional collaborations that 

the CIBEs must engage in, and the types 

of collaborative activities they must 

conduct, the activities are more likely 

both to have a meaningful and 

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measurable effect on students and 

faculty at MSIs and community colleges 

and be institutionalized and sustained. 

We also believe that successful 

institutional collaborations of this 

nature will increase the access of 

traditionally underserved populations to 

opportunities for international business 

learning and the visibility of 

international business programs and 

activities on the campuses of MSIs and 

community colleges. 

For this priority, we propose a 

definition of ‘‘Minority-Serving 

Institution’’ that would include 

institutions eligible to receive assistance 

under §§ 316 through 320 of part A of 

Title III, under part B of Title III, or 

under Title V of the HEA. 

The Department would use this 

definition because both Title III and 

Title V programs target college student 

populations that are underrepresented 

in international education. The 

Department would like to increase the 

representation of these groups through 

collaborations between Title III/Title V 

institutions and Title VI institutions. 

Title III reflects our national interest 

to provide support to those institutions 

of higher education that serve lowincome and minority students so that 

equality of access and quality of 

postsecondary education opportunities 

may be enhanced for all students. Under 

the Title III, institutions may receive 

designation of eligibility depending on 

their submitted institutional evidence 

documenting their student demographic 

data. 

Title V targets Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions because of the high 

percentage of Hispanic Americans who 

are at risk of not enrolling in or 

graduating from institutions of higher 

education. The law was designed to 

reduce disparities between the 

enrollment of non-Hispanic white 

students and Hispanic students in 

postsecondary education, which 

continue to rise. 

We propose a definition of 

‘‘community college’’ for use with this 

priority that is broader than the 

definition in the HEA. The definition of 

‘‘junior or community college’’ in 

section 312(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1058(f)) excludes institutions that award 

bachelor’s and graduate degrees. For the 

purpose of this priority, we propose to 

include in the definition of ‘‘community 

college’’ institutions that offer 

bachelor’s or graduate degrees if more 

than 50 percent of the degrees and 

certificates they award are degrees and 

certificates that are not bachelor’s or 

graduate degrees. We propose this 

definition to include institutions that 

serve significant numbers of students 

enrolled in programs traditionally 

offered by community colleges, such as 

associate degree and certificate 

programs. 

The priorities are: 

Proposed Priority 1: Applications that 

propose to collaborate with one or more 

professional associations and/or 

businesses on activities designed to 

expand employment opportunities for 

international business students, such as 

internships and work-study 

opportunities. 

Proposed Priority 2: Applications that 

propose significant and sustained 

collaborative activities with a MinorityServing Institution (as defined in this 

notice) or a community college (as 

defined in this notice). These activities 

must be designed to incorporate 

international, intercultural, or global 

dimensions into the business 

curriculum of the MSI or community 

college. For the purpose of this priority: 

Community college means an 

institution that meets the definition in 

section 312(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1058(f)); or an institution of higher 

education (as defined in section 101 of 

the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that awards 

degrees and certificates, more than 50 

percent of which are not bachelor’s 

degrees (or an equivalent) or master’s, 

professional, or other advanced degrees. 

Minority-Serving Institution means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under sections 316 through 

320 of part A of Title III, under part B 

of Title III, or under Title V of the HEA. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final Priorities: 

We will announce the final priorities 

in a notice in the Federal Register. We 

will determine the final priorities after 

considering responses to this notice and 

other information available to the 

Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing additional 

priorities, requirements, definitions, or 

selection criteria, subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use one or more of these priorities, we 

invite applications through a notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Regulatory Impact Analysis 

Under Executive Order 12866, the 

Secretary must determine whether this 

regulatory action is ‘‘significant’’ and, 

therefore, subject to the requirements of 

the Executive order and subject to 

review by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive 

Order 12866 defines a ‘‘significant 

regulatory action’’ as an action likely to 

result in a rule that may— 

(1) Have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more, or 

adversely affect a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities in a material way (also 

referred to as an ‘‘economically 

significant’’ rule); 

(2) Create serious inconsistency or 

otherwise interfere with an action taken 

or planned by another agency; 

(3) Materially alter the budgetary 

impacts of entitlement grants, user fees, 

or loan programs or the rights and 

obligations of recipients thereof; or 

(4) Raise novel legal or policy issues 

arising out of legal mandates, the 

President’s priorities, or the principles 

stated in the Executive order. 

This proposed regulatory action is not 

a significant regulatory action subject to 

review by OMB under section 3(f) of 

Executive Order 12866. 

We have also reviewed this regulatory 

action under Executive Order 13563, 

which supplements and explicitly 

reaffirms the principles, structures, and 

definitions governing regulatory review 

established in Executive Order 12866. 

To the extent permitted by law, 

Executive Order 13563 requires that an 

agency— 

(1) Propose or adopt regulations only 

upon a reasoned determination that 

their benefits justify their costs 

(recognizing that some benefits and 

costs are difficult to quantify); 

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(2) Tailor its regulations to impose the 

least burden on society, consistent with 

obtaining regulatory objectives and 

taking into account—among other things 

and to the extent practicable—the costs 

of cumulative regulations; 

(3) In choosing among alternative 

regulatory approaches, select those 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety, 

and other advantages; distributive 

impacts; and equity); 

(4) To the extent feasible, specify 

performance objectives, rather than the 

behavior or manner of compliance a 

regulated entity must adopt; and 

(5) Identify and assess available 

alternatives to direct regulation, 

including economic incentives—such as 

user fees or marketable permits—to 

encourage the desired behavior, or 

provide information that enables the 

public to make choices. 

Executive Order 13563 also requires 

an agency ‘‘to use the best available 

techniques to quantify anticipated 

present and future benefits and costs as 

accurately as possible.’’ The Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs of 

OMB has emphasized that these 

techniques may include ‘‘identifying 

changing future compliance costs that 

might result from technological 

innovation or anticipated behavioral 

changes.’’ 

We are issuing these proposed 

priorities only upon a reasoned 

determination that its benefits would 

justify its costs. In choosing among 

alternative regulatory approaches, we 

selected those approaches that would 

maximize net benefits. Based on the 

analysis that follows, the Department 

believes that this regulatory action is 

consistent with the principles in 

Executive Order 13563. 

We also have determined that this 

regulatory action would not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

In accordance with both Executive 

orders, the Department has assessed the 

potential costs and benefits, both 

quantitative and qualitative, of this 

regulatory action. The potential costs 

are those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering the Department’s 

programs and activities. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

The proposed priority will require 

minor changes to an information 

collection already approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under OMB control number 

1840–0616. In addition, the Department 

has developed new Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

measures for this program, which will 

result in significant changes and 

increased burden hours for this 

collection. As required by the PRA, the 

Department is submitting 1840–0616 to 

OMB for a revised information 

collection clearance concurrently with 

the publication of this notice of 

proposed priority and definition. 

This new information collection for 

the CIBE Program will include an 

evaluation guide that provides 

applicants with more substantive 

guidance on how to respond in a more 

compelling manner to the Impact and 

Evaluation selection criterion. The 

guide also will include instructions for 

completing the new performance 

measure forms (PMFs) that applicants 

are required to include in their 

submitted proposals. For each project 

element that applicants propose to 

evaluate during the project period, they 

must include a performance measure 

form indicating the project-specific 

measure for that element. 

The IFLE Office developed the PMF 

so that applicants can include 

measurable outcomes for their CIBE 

projects, based on the goals and 

objectives they intend to accomplish. 

The PMF is designed to help applicants 

to develop a more cohesive evaluation 

plan focusing the applicant’s attention 

on specific benchmarks and indicators 

that will better demonstrate their 

progress toward achieving their goals 

and objectives. The PMF should assist 

applicants in proposing high-quality 

implementation plans at the outset for 

reporting progress and performance 

results. Additionally, the information 

and data collected via the forms will 

enable the Department to provide 

Congress and other stakeholders with 

more concrete evidence to demonstrate 

the impact of CIBE projects. And finally, 

the PMF is designed to provide a 

universal format that applicants can use 

to present the performance information 

in their applications. The PMF requests 

the following: (a) Project goal statement; 

(b) Performance measure; (c) Project 

activity; (d) Data/Indices; (e) Frequency 

of collection; (f) Data source; and, (g) 

Baseline and targets. 

In order to mitigate against increasing 

respondent burden, applicants will be 

required to complete only items (a), (b), 

and (c) on the PMF when they submit 

their FY14 grant applications. If the 

application is recommended for 

funding, we will require the submission 

of fully-completed forms. 

The estimated increase in burden 

hours for CIBE applicants in responding 

to the new information collection is 100 

hours for a new total of 500 hours. 

If you want to comment on the 

proposed information collection 

requirements, please send your 

comments to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for U.S. Department of 

Education. Send these comments by 

email to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov 

or by fax to (202) 395–6974. You may 

also send a copy of these comments to 

the Department contact named in the 

ADDRESSES section of this preamble or 

submit electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID ED–2014–OPE–0034. 

Please be advised that the public 

comment period for submitting 

comments on the notice of proposed 

priorities (NPP) is the same for 

submitting comments on the 

information collection (IC); therefore, 

use the NPP Docket number as the 

identifier for both sets of comments. 

You may, however, submit the NPP 

comments and the IC comments 

separately in the regulations.gov site. 

We have prepared an ICR for this 

collection. In preparing your comments 

you may want to review the ICR, which 

is available at www.reginfo.gov. Click on 

Information Collection Review. This 

proposed collection is identified as 

proposed collection 1840–0616 ED– 

2014–OPE–0034. 

We consider your comments on this 

proposed collection of information in— 

• Deciding whether the proposed 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of our functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; 

• Evaluating the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of our 

methodology and assumptions; 

• Enhancing the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the Information we 

collect; and 

• Minimizing the burden on those 

who must respond. This includes 

exploring the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques. 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

contained in these proposed regulations 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, to ensure 

that OMB gives your comments full 

consideration, it is important that OMB 

receives your comments by April 17, 

2014. This does not affect the deadline 

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for your comments to us on the 

proposed regulations. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: March 13, 2014. 

Lynn B. Mahaffie, 

Senior Director, Policy Coordination, 

Development, and Accreditation Service, 

delegated the authority to perform the 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05941 Filed 3–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Chapter VI 

[Docket ID ED–2014–OPE–0036; CFDA 

Number: 84.016A.] 

Proposed Priority—Undergraduate 

International Studies and Foreign 

Language (UISFL) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed priority. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

proposes a priority for the UISFL 

Program administered by the 

International and Foreign Language 

Education (IFLE) Office. The Acting 

Assistant Secretary may use this priority 

for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2014 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus Federal financial assistance on an 

identified national need. We intend the 

priority to address a gap in the types of 

institutions, faculty and students that 

have historically benefited from 

international education opportunities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘Are you new to the site?’’ 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about these proposed 

regulations, address them to Patricia 

Barrett, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5142, 

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s policy is 

to make all comments received from 

members of the public available for public 

viewing in their entirety on the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov. 

Therefore, commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only information 

that they wish to make publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanyelle Richardson Telephone: (202) 

502–7626 or by email: 

Tanyelle.Richardson@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

priority. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

final priority, we urge you to identify 

clearly the specific proposed priority or 

definition that each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Orders 12866 

and 13563 and their overall requirement 

of reducing regulatory burden that 

might result from this proposed priority. 

Please let us know of any further ways 

we could reduce potential costs or 

increase potential benefits while 

preserving the effective and efficient 

administration of the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all comments about the 

proposed priority in Room 6099, 1990 K 

St. NW., Washington, DC between the 

hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, Monday through 

Friday of each week except Federal 

holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) Program 

is to provide grants for planning, 

developing, and carrying out programs 

to strengthen and improve 

undergraduate instruction in 

international studies and foreign 

languages. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124. 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR parts 655 and 658. 

Proposed Priority: This notice 

contains one proposed priority. 

Background: 

Through the UISFL Program, the 

Department makes awards to 

institutions of higher education, 

consortia of institutions of higher 

education, partnerships between 

nonprofit educational organizations and 

institutions of higher education, or 

public and private nonprofit agencies 

and organizations, including 

professional and scholarly associations, 

to plan, develop, and carry out programs 

to strengthen and improve 

undergraduate instruction in 

international studies and foreign 

languages. 

The objective of the UISFL Program is 

to develop and improve undergraduate 

curricula, programs, courses, and 

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