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Source: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
Notice of proposed priorities.
Citation: "74 FR 46117"
Page Number: "46117"
"Notices"
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers: 84.116J (European Union (EU)-United States (U.S.) Atlantis Program), 84.116N (Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education), 84.116M (U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program), 84.116S (U.S.-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education).
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education proposes one absolute priority for each of the four special focus competitions conducted by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): the EU-U.S. Atlantis Program, the Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education, the U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program, and the U.S.-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education.
The Assistant Secretary may use these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2010 and in later years. We take this action to focus Federal financial assistance on an identified need in the area of postsecondary education. We intend these absolute priorities to improve postsecondary education opportunities by supporting the formation of international educational consortia and encouraging cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities between the U.S. and the countries involved in these programs.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before October 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about this notice to Sarah Beaton, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6154, Washington, DC 20006-8544.
If you prefer to send your comments by e-mail, use the following address: [email protected]. You must include the following information in the subject line of your electronic message: "Absolute Priorities for Special Focus International Competitions, FIPSE."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Beaton. Telephone: (202) 502-7621 or by e-mail: [email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding this notice. To ensure that your comments have maximum effect in developing the notice of final priorities, we urge you to identify clearly the specific proposed priority that each comment addresses.
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