This paper traces some of the historical background of Asian studies programs in American universities and outlines various ways that Asian studies has functioned up to the present. It sketches a new role for Asian studies and suggests how language departments can help develop this role. (Author/CFM)

Describes the rationale, format, and mechanics of a college European Studies major. (DB)

Describes a newly-created center for intensive instruction in French located at the Chateau-Manoir de Fauguernon, Normandy, France. (RL) *e Modern Languages

Briefly summarizes the history of language instruction in the United States, and offers statements and recommendations with regard to language instruction at the university level. (AM)

Describes the restructuring of the German department at Stanford University: paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, December 26, 1973, Chicago, Illinois. (RL)

Summaries of three papers presented at a panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association, November 1, 1973, Chicago, Illinois. (RL)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association held December 28-30, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (DS)

Johns Hopkins University has become affiliated with a Germanistisches Institut in Germany in order to establish a graduate program abroad. The arrangement between the schools is described. (SW)

Report of a discussion group of the ADE/ADFL Joint Summer Seminar, June 25-29, 1973, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; concludes that curriculum planners are accountable to students, the "discipline", faculty, institutions, legislators, and other funding agencies. (RL)

Proposes a four-semester plan for a foreign language program designed to fulfill degree requirements. The plan emphasizes audiolingual and reading skills and attempts to provide students with at least a minimal level of proficiency. (AM)

Presents some of the factors responsible for increased foreign language enrollments at one university. (AM)

This article discusses how some of football coach Johnny Majors' recruiting techniques can be used to build and maintain strong foreign language programs by reducing the rate of attrition at the end of the basic FL sequence. (Author/CFM)

Paper presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting, November 17, 1973, Atlanta, Georgia. (RL)

Paper presented at the College and University section of the 1973 Washington Association of Foreign Language Teachers Conference, October 12, 1973, Seattle, Washington. (RL)