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Download full textBrod, Richard I. – Modern Language Association, 1978
This report is based on a questionnaire survey sent to the registrars of all two-year and four-year colleges and universities in the United States. Replies were received from 2,637 institutions, of which 2,374 reported registrations in one or more foreign languages. The fall 1977 survey shows a decline of 1.4% in total foreign language…
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Language Programs, Colleges, Declining Enrollment
Perkins, James A.; And Others – 1979
An evaluation of the current status of foreign language and international studies in the United States was undertaken by a President's Commission appointed for the task. The Commission concluded that such studies are being more and more neglected, to the detriment of the economic and security interests of the United States. The bulk of this report…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, College Language Programs, Educational Finance
President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies: Background Papers and Studies.
President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies, Washington, DC. – 1979
The following reports by various authors concerning foreign languages and international studies are included: (1) a personal statement on international education by Betty Bullard; (2) "Foreign Languages in the American School"; (3) "High Schools for Foreign Language and International Studies: An Interagency Paper"; (4)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Communication, College Language Programs, Educational Attitudes
