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f 31 October L959 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AT CAIRO A reauer financial assistance fron the Ford Foundation for a oro~ectP.dl Itgearch and_ Research _T r~nin ~iT I As the attached statement on Nature Punpeups_and P :ggr rn of ?ÿfie: A ricaj ives. 1ty_,AL aAiro will reveal E, the University considers its major opportunity for program extension for the foreseeable future to be on the graduate level, At the same time it is doing everything possible to enrich and strengthen its und, rgr. due e pro.-- gram,, The statement will further reveal that research iz cenoiderc`.i to be a major method of accomplishing ita purposes ois the graduate level. Undoubtedly, the existence of the Social', Research Center ate the University over the past six years has Ieci the Unive:rsi..ty from the almost exclusive concentration on its teaching functions,, in i: , earlier years, to its present position (1 ) This proposal to extend its present research function will at--- tract scholars and students to the University from Americcaa and from the wider reaches of the Middle East. It will enable thym to colla-borate with each other aid, with the aid of the permanent recea;r°ch staff of the University„ achieve certain ends ira a situation condp..nc:.ve to good research and research training,., American scholars with. Middle East area interests, ?or :;.n ,tanee y will be enabled to engage in their studies in the li ving Middies: Ear t situation, along with Middle Easterners who have !night;3 and access to materials, data, and person that would otherwise be (ien ed them,: Middle Easterners will profit greatly fn oam this associatiioonns,, pa.rtic,u-larly with respect to research purposes and proe,edureen 1h:i '.e the training of both Americans and Middle Eaa;tenncrs will be, thus, a basic result, a considerable amount of publ:i shable material of imme-diate as well as long-term significance ... should aaso be predue:ed Not only will the American University at Cairo and the echelons and students receive immediate personal advantages from ; ae .ci- a ti.orn in this program. The colleges and universities to which the Americans return, after the period of their studies, will profit f:'ow the new insights and abilities of the staff members, This will work tew ::ö dia a broader bane for America's appreciation of the problema and oppor-tunities of the Middle East. Egypt and the Middle East will.. profit by the sound research training of qualified personnel. Few needs a crie •~Lar~•~•z,~~~•se+~,~.a.c...~7r+srtao2zaos•~aV~pc ra.::.aC+o~o.-.z. ~.:~~r~~.:v .o~a ~~.ro+n~ ._».:~._.c-:~.~.. ~ » -='sc ~- c~o~.= ..- s: = ._ .._ ~. 1) It should be said at this point, howeven , that research hag been an effective part of the School of Oriental Studies for full genera-tion, and that it has been used, but leas succe fully, , ̱n the under-graduate program for the last ten years or more