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 100 STAT. 1580 20 USC 1121

SEC. 1302. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall, in consultation

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PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

with the Director of the United States Information Agency, the Director of the Agency for International Development, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Defense, conduct a study on the establishment of a National Endowment for International Studies. The study shall develop a program, a funding plan, and priorities for such an Endowment. (b) CONDUCT OP STUDY.—In carrying out the study required by this section, the Secretary shall consider— (1) the extent of the need for international studies programs at all educational levels, not served by this title; (2) the programs at the Agency for International Development, the United States Information Agency, and the Departments of State, Defense, and Education which can be coordinated to increase the scope and number and kinds of participants in international educational programs; (3) the feasibility of an Endowment for International Studies, by whom it shall be administered, and procedures for receiving corporate and other private contributions for supplemental funding, similar to Treasury fund accounts at other Federal agencies; and (4) a comprehensive evaluation of the weaknesses and strengths in international education and foreign language training at all levels of education in our Nation and the role of the Endowment to remedy these weaknesses, and encourage expansion of these strengths. (c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Congress, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, a report on the study required by this section, together with such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Secretary deems appropriate. , SEC. 1303. DATA STUDY REQUIRED. (a) CONDUCT OP STUDIES.—The

Secretary shall, through the Office of Education Research and Improvement or the Center for Education Statistics, shall conduct the studies required by this section and submit reports thereon to the Congress not later than September 30, 1990. The reports shall contain such recommendations, including recommendations for legislation, as the Secretary deems appropriate. (b) COST STUDY REQUIRED.MD The Secretary shall conduct a study on the escalating cost of higher education. The study required by this section shall— (A) identify the current cost of obtaining a higher education and determine how that cost has changed in recent years, (B) determine the specific causes of such changes in cost and the extent to which those causes have contributed to such ^'' ' changes, (C) forecast the future cost of obtaining a higher education with consideration given to prospective demographic changes in student enrollments, .&r » ^; i (D) evaluate the impact of such changes in cost on institutions of higher education, their students, and lower- and middleincome families, (E) make recommendations on how such changes in cost can be minimized in the future, and

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