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31. O ct oh: exi 1959 TIIE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY AT CAW A r~ew est f o~..r1.~ ~ f inane i~a~l. auotM~. ort I'rocn the ;~rd 'Yrvws~4~. R.cR Ctl.b Found/Aim jar the establiahmen_t,yof_ist 12oaa,st,,ttati4n.Spqí-,qr,1 The research and graduate aspects of the proeear of the America University at Cairo have been developing rapidly L\ the last six ye&re during which time the Social Research Center has bctn in operation ms a unit of the University. During these years the University has added MA programs in Anthropology-Sociology and ielleg1. _sh . +_ter t,gi!re. An MA program in Arabic Language and Liten°eture hay;', been n existence Foe some time Careful studies of the University r; opportunities cor ieteet with ito nature have also been conducted. These studies have ' Ind ca Led. that the major opportunity before the University in the ;; cers *weE_ — diately ahead lies in the further development of its gradu :e and re-search programs. A request is just now being submitted to tau nor Foundation for support for a new development in the Univerr i . 9 e re-search efforts, under the title A p r,te s a h /pa IRe {vte ca T rainin g Progra . Whether or not the request ii; granted , ;nt '3;{w: 'i e - city is nonetheless committed to a strengthening of this p see (of its educational efforts. To assist in the total research program, a 4 well as to yender : r continuing major contribution to the cholarc lyp world, the Un.,:r;rr : t r is proposing to develop a Documeet n Censor es an integraa part of its organization. The usefulness of such e. Conter in speF.Uii.: g, revitalizing and complementing area research cannot be oTe:rDe> i has iz ec N It will be of direct value not only to the American Univers:F.I.:y refit to the other Universities and research agencies in Egypt and th: 1vah world. Its availability as a cooperating sereine to the L:I..Nteuy • cf Congress of the United States and other interested in: t±tuai env: in both the Middle East and the Western wo 'ld will utl imately te & great indirect significance. II The Documentation çenter will coven the disciplines in tee Soe til Sciences and the Humanities. A government agency in Egypt i : s ,lire u y doing something of this nature in the a .sea of the Sciences. F ieeh.e:p a mince the graduate and research programa of the University nee :a the Social Sciences and the IIumanities, the University ia better qu..V.ified to render services in these two areas. The specific functions of the Documenta ti.or.s Center will be A. Publication of a bulletin containing indices an: bi!b1ioge, phies of journals in the fields of the r ec ial sciences and 'humanitie The bulletin will be published in two parts r (i ) material f o