social science teaching and research have lagged in the region, in large part because of a lack of postgraduate research support. The research will be conducted in North America, Europe, or the Middle East and will focus on problems of contemporary relevance to the region. A committee composed of Middle East social scientists will advise the program.

In Egypt, the Foundation granted funds to strengthen foreign language and literature instruction, primarily in English, at the Institute of Languages of Al Azhar University. Foreign language study occupies nearly one-third of the Egyptian secondary school curriculum, and the main university courses are usually taught either in English or French. The institute, which will use the grant for faculty training abroad and laboratory equipment, provides university-wide language instruction for some 15,000 students.

Race Relations.

The Foundation granted additional support to the South African Institute of Race Relations, which fosters interracial cooperation in South Africa through research, scholarship and legal aid, and conferences. The institute also advises foreign and domestic businesses in South Africa on how they can legally improve the conditions of nonwhite workers through better wages, training, and benefits.

Support was also given for a multiracial symposium of American and southern African leaders in Johannesburg to broaden communications on sensitive questions of racial policy. The symposium was sponsored by the United States-South Africa Leader Exchange Program, which the Foundation has supported for ten years.