§3912 — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

Requires the Foundation to focus its education work on public understanding of science, stronger faculty and student training, better teaching tools, and wide sharing of teaching materials. Grant money must be used for nine kinds of activities. These include informal public education (like TV, museums, and clubs), training college and community‑college instructors—especially in high‑tech fields—improving teacher education and precollege math and science, encouraging underrepresented students, making instructional equipment for college technical and engineering courses, and creating networks to share good curricula and methods.

Title 20, §3912

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(a)In carrying out its science and engineering education responsibilities, the Foundation shall have the following functional objectives: public understanding of science and technology, faculty enhancement, student education and training, instructional development and instrumentation, and materials development and dissemination.

(b)Funds under this subchapter shall, consistent with such functional objectives, be used for—

(1)enhancement of public understanding of science and engineering through informal education activities using a variety of mediums such as broadcasting, museums, clubs, and amateur science societies;

(2)development of new science and engineering faculty resources and talents;

(3)enhancement of the quality of science and engineering instruction in colleges of teacher education;

(4)development of four-year college faculty and instructors in high technology fields;

(5)development of two-year community college faculty and instructors especially in high technology fields;

(6)development of precollege mathematics, science and engineering education and training;

(7)encouragement of potential students, including underrepresented and underserved populations, to pursue careers in mathematics, science, engineering, and critical foreign languages;

(8)development of instructional instrumentation and systems for postsecondary technical, engineering, and scientific education; and

(9)development of science, engineering, and education networks to aid in the development and dissemination of successful curricula, methods, and materials.

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3912, Pub. L. 98–377, title I, § 102, Aug. 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 1268, related to submission, contents, etc., of applications, prior to the general revision of this subchapter by section 201 of Pub. L. 99–159.

§3912 Functional Objectives; Uses of Funds

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Title 20, §3912

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