Sec. 631. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 631 DEFINITIONS **[**[20 U.S.C. 1132](/us/usc/t20/s1132)**]** ###
(a)Definitions As used in this title— ####
(1)the term “**area studies**” means a program of comprehensive study of the aspects of a society or societies, including study of its history, culture, economy, politics, international relations and languages; ####
(2)the term “**comprehensive foreign language and area or international studies center**” means 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; and86 86So in law. ####
(3)the term “**educational programs abroad**” means programs of study, internships, or service learning outside the United States which are part of a foreign language or other international curriculum at the undergraduate or graduate education levels; ####
(4)the term “**export education**” means educating, teaching and training to provide general knowledge and specific skills pertinent to the selling of goods and services to other countries, including knowledge of market conditions, financial arrangements, laws and procedures; ####
(5)the term “**historically Black college and university**” has the meaning given the term “**part B institution**” in section 322; ####
(6)the term “**institution of higher education**” means, in addition to institutions which meet the definition of section 101 of this Act, institutions which meet the requirements of section 101 of this Act except that
(1)they are not located in the United States, and
(2)they apply for assistance under this title in consortia with institutions which meet the definition of section 101 of this Act; ####
(7)the term “**international business**” means profit-oriented business relationships conducted across national boundaries and includes activities such as the buying and selling of goods, investments in industries, the licensing of processes, patents and trademarks, and the supply of services; ####
(8)the term “**internationalization of curricula**” means the incorporation of international or comparative perspectives in existing courses of study or the addition of new components to the curricula to provide an international context for American business education; ####
(9)the term “**tribally controlled college or university**” has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801); and ####
(10)the term “**undergraduate foreign language and area or international studies center**” means an administrative unit of an institution of higher education, including but not limited to 4-year colleges, that contributes significantly to the national interest through the education and training of students who matriculate into advanced language and area studies programs, professional school programs, or incorporates substantial international and foreign language content into baccalaureate degree programs, engages in research, curriculum development and community outreach activities designed to broaden international and foreign language knowledge, employs faculty with strong language, area, and international studies credentials, maintains library holdings, including basic reference works, journals, and works in translation, and makes training available predominantly to undergraduate students. ###
(b)Special Conditions All references to individuals or organizations, unless the context otherwise requires, mean individuals who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or organizations which are organized or incorporated in the United States.
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