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wh< function was to provide I ihip foi d< velopn In h tional activit rhere was, however, no definition ol "international M , included in the termi ol referei noi In there I a ms ai) d u| n definition lino Hie rcsponsibiliti- « « • d the Dii > , ol M N |(,( ur,r ,,r, «( / <"• -' «d in oatun M forth in die /• cluditi in relation to international activities) (1) t tion and dii teminat a ol information, (2) neral administtatm supervision of p, ,uib, (3) coordination of relations between the I Hi\n • . u u ; N. runent ae.em s, foundations, and other universities, (4) enrment instruction A\U\ researeh, (5) ordination I Univei I inte national activities, (6) leadership in eking outside hinds, and (7) rttinui analysis .\\\<\ evaluation of these activities, This statement of esp bilities in the 1 dty 1 ttrt lias come to he a rough definition of

tern ial pi mis' K lllitr 3,

A third step in furthering international activities at the University of Illinois was the eation o( the Midwest Universities I nsortium on Inter: itional Activities, [n< MUCIA In June 1963, the presidents of

Illinois a n d three o t h e r midwesiern state universities met with 1 rd

Foundation representatives in Chicago, and the following year the I rd Foun ttion financed the newly-created I tnsortium, 1 urth, durin the early 196(Vs, area studies were expanded and strengthened and various functional research centers, includin • the Center

for I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o m p a r a t i v e S t u d i e s (( U ' S \ were a d d e d to the Ur-

bana-Champaign campus, Fifth, international programs on the Urbana-Ghampaign campus beneI 1 I 'in the receipt of seversJ outside grants of funds. In P< ember 1 . the Ford Foundation granted approximated $900,000 to support

i n t e r n a t i o n a l studies. M u c h of this g r a n t has been used to assist the ("enter r Asian Studies a n d the ( n t e r for I n t e r n a t i o n a l ( u n p a r a t i \ e

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Moii-s Duke contributed the sum of $150,000 to be used

five \ e a i s in support of the ( ' e n t e r for Russian 1 a n g u a g c

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The federal Rovernment. through the (>ffi< e of Kduca

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has provided Continuing support for a r e a studies, ixth, during the earl\ 1960*8, the Universit)

tnd various sp< ial instructional and research pn rams

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ol Agriculture, undertook to negotiate and expand existing •ntract in cooperation with the A *ncj for International IV

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I' mall in the fall Ol 196 . the ne\vl\ a p p o i n t e d C h a n c e l l o r , J a c k \ \ . ''• ha n, n a m e d i) AK\ hoe C o m m i t t e e on I n t e r n a t i o n a l Pi tarns, com-

f dcam "1 coll and directors ol centers under the chairman hip ol tli Din i -I International Programs, t > review existing inter* »

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