Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Seeking Global Competence through the Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Acts -- PART 1. THE ROLE OF TITLE VI PROGRAMS IN NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SECURITY -- 2. Gulliver's Travels: The History and Consequences of Title VI -- 3. Title VI and National and Global Security: Current Status and Concerns Going Forward -- PART 2. TITLE VI PROGRAMS AND THE LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES -- 4. The Impact of Fifty Years of Title VI on Language Learning in the United States -- 5. The Growth of the Less Commonly Taught Languages in Title VI and Language Programs in the United States -- 6. Language Competence-Performance, Proficiency, and Certification: Current Status and New Directions -- PART 3. THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROGRAMS OF TITLE VI HIGHER EDUCATION ACT -- 7. Title VI and Foundation Support for Area Studies: Its History and Impacts -- 8. The Changing Form and Function of Title VI since Its Beginnings in the 1960s -- 9. The Impact of Title VI Programs on the U.S. Higher Education System0: Lessons from the First Thirty Years (1958-1988) -- PART 4. INTERNATIONALIZING HIGHER EDUCATION AND TITLE VI PROGRAMS -- 10. Area Studies and Academic Disciplines across Universities: A Relational Analysis with Organizational and Public Implications -- 11. Renewing International Studies: Regional and Transregional Studies in a Changing Intellectual Field -- Part 5. GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS -- 12. Title VI and Global Competitiveness: Building International Business Education for the Twenty-First Century -- 13. Title VI and the Global Competitiveness of U.S. Firms -- PART 6. ACCESSING, BENCHMARKING, AND ASSESSING TITLE VI -- 14. Beyond Accountability: A Balanced Approach to Assessment and Benchmarking -- 15. Accessing and Assessing Title VI International Education Programs:The View from Black Colleges.

PART 7. FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR TITLE VI AND FULBRIGHT-HAYS PROGRAMS -- 16. Preparing for the Future: Title VI and Its Challenges -- 17. Future Directions for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs: Creativity and Competence for Facing Global Challenges -- APPENDICES -- A. Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Programs of the U.S. Department of Education -- B. U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Centers, Language Resource Centers, Centers for International Business Education, American Overseas Resource Centers, and the Institute for International Public Policy, 2006-2010 -- C. Summary of Discussions from Plenary Panels, Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference -- D. Papers Presented at the Title VI 50th Anniversary Conference, March 19-21, 2009, Washington, D.C. -- E. Less Commonly Taught Languages Offered in the Title VI National Resource Centers -- About the Contributors -- Index.