Title VI – Language Development

E314332

Title VI – Language Development is a section of the National Defense Education Act that established federal support for foreign language and area studies programs to strengthen U.S. educational and national security capacities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Title VI – Language Development canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal education program ⓘ
section of the National Defense Education Act ⓘ
beneficiary U.S. colleges and universities ⓘ
area studies scholars ⓘ
students in foreign language programs ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
focus area studies ⓘ
foreign language education ⓘ
international studies ⓘ
goal develop expertise on strategically important world regions ⓘ
enhance U.S. capacity in international education and research ⓘ
increase number of Americans with advanced foreign language skills ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era U.S. education policy ⓘ
post-Sputnik education reforms ⓘ
implementedBy U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
U.S. federal government ⓘ
influenced development of area studies centers in U.S. universities ⓘ
later Title VI international education programs ⓘ
justification Cold War national security concerns ⓘ
need for advanced foreign language competence ⓘ
need for regional and area expertise ⓘ
legalBasis National Defense Education Act of 1958 ⓘ
partOf National Defense Education Act ⓘ
policyDomain education policy ⓘ
language policy ⓘ
national security policy ⓘ
provides federal funding for area studies centers ⓘ
federal funding for foreign language instruction ⓘ
support for curriculum development in foreign languages ⓘ
support for training specialists in less commonly taught languages ⓘ
purpose strengthen U.S. educational capacities ⓘ
strengthen U.S. national security capacities ⓘ
support area studies programs ⓘ
support foreign language programs ⓘ
relatedTo federal support for international education ⓘ
national defense education initiatives ⓘ
sector higher education ⓘ
targetGroup advanced language learners ⓘ
area and regional specialists ⓘ
future government and security professionals ⓘ
typeOfSupport grants to educational institutions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Defense Education Act → section → Title VI – Language Development ⓘ