CLACS oversees and coordinates graduate and undergraduate education in Latin American and Caribbean studies at Duke and promotes research and dissemination of knowledge about the region. Its activities encompass the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and the professional schools. CLACS, together with it's consortium partner, the Institue for the Study of the Americas at UNC-Chapel Hill, have been awarded a Title VI grant from the Department of Education since 1991, making this one of the most successful National Resource Center Consortia in the nation. In addition to funding from Title VI, CLACS has been awarded Andrew W. These resources allow us to maintain a worldclass faculty, fund undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research in Latin America & the Caribbean, host visiting scholars and artists from the region, and promote outreach to local, state, and national educational, media, and business organizations.
