### Question
How is the term comprehensive foreign language and area or international studies center defined?


### Answer
The term **comprehensive foreign language and area or international studies center** is defined in *20 U.S.C. § 1132* as the following:

> an administrative unit of a university that contributes significantly to the national interest in advanced research and scholarship, employs a critical mass of scholars in diverse disciplines related to a geographic concentration, offers intensive language training in languages of its area specialization, maintains important library collections related to the area, and makes training available in language and area studies to a graduate, postgraduate, and undergraduate clientele

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 1132*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 28-HIGHER EDUCATION RESOURCES AND STUDENT ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER VI-INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS > Part D-General Provisions**

