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ESL Population and Program Patterns in Community Colleges. ERIC Digest.
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Ignash, Jan M. – 1992
Recent trends in immigration and foreign student enrollments are placing a growing demand on community colleges for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction. A 1991 study of course sections at 164 two-year colleges nationwide revealed that ESL had grown from 30% of all foreign language courses offered in 1983 to 51% in 1991, and that the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, English (Second Language), Enrollment Trends, Foreign Students