The Institute has also worked on new thinking around sustainable water resources management and use.
The institute works with 16 school districts spread over 100 miles.
The institute works with faculty and students from every school at Duke.
It is expected that the Institute will work with a range of academic and commercial bodies.
The Institute provides information services and works actively with the mass media.
It is the first time the institute has worked with the Defense Department, he said.
But he said that the institute had been working for some time "to find a proactive solution to what we see as a major problem."
The institute works to help teachers select historical documents for use in the classroom.
The Institute worked closely with other professional and representative bodies on such matters.
In 2010, the Institute worked with 779 domestic trainees and 186 international visitors.