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Singer, Armand E. – 1977
Foreign language graduate assistants usually lack adequate teaching experience, yet must somehow repay their university for assistantships needed to remain in school. Such neophyte teachers rarely inspire students to continue language study. But the more experienced staff must teach upper-division courses for these same students and the graduate…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Graduate Students
Seigneuret, Jean-Charles – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Presents some of the factors responsible for increased foreign language enrollments at one university. (AM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Handelsman, Michael H. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
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)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment Rate, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Garfinkel, Alan; Schillinger, John – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1976
Suggestions are made of ways for colleges and universities to bolster enrollments by actively calling attention to their language programs. The intended audiences are high school students and teachers and students already in college. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Language Enrollment, Language Instruction
Bennett, Benjamin – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1972
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Degree Requirements, Educational Objectives, Language Enrollment
Schulz, Renate A. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Discusses reasons for enrollment growth at institutions of higher learning, including instructional quality, departmental diversification, instructional innovation, and publicity and recruitment. (AM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Instructional Innovation
Peer reviewedAlter, Maria P. – Modern Language Journal, 1976
Trends in foreign language study in American colleges since 1955 are outlined, and the role of foreign language study in its present context is described. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Connor, W. R. – Didaskalos, 1973
Focuses on the declining enrollment trends at the undergraduate level and expanding number of masters and doctoral programs at the graduate level of instruction. (RL)
Descriptors: Classical Languages, College Language Programs, Doctoral Programs, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedTsu, John B. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1971
Descriptors: Chinese, College Language Programs, Instructional Materials, Language Enrollment
Peer reviewedLiu, Ming – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1971
Descriptors: Chinese, College Language Programs, Financial Support, Language Enrollment
Hill, Stephen P. – Slavic East Europe J, 1970
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Language Enrollment, Language Instruction, Liberal Arts
Jarvis, Donald K. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Examines the following factors, cited as important for building enrollments in a report on successful slavic language programs: (1) speaking and listening skills; (2) individual attention; (3) outreach activities; and (4) extracurricular programs. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, College Second Language Programs, Enrollment Trends
Jolly, Yukiko S. – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1975
Colleges are ranked based on results of a Spring 1973 survey on the number of full-time and part-time professors of Japanese and on the number of undergrad and grad students of Japanese. In the questionnaire circulated among 53 institutions, questions regarding textbooks and cultural materials were also asked. (SC)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Language Programs, Higher Education, Japanese
Peer reviewedBrod, Richard I. – Modern Language Journal, 1976
The 1974 Survey of Foreign Language Registrations in United States Institutions of Higher Education, conducted by the Modern Language Association, is described here. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education
Pane, Remigio U. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Enrollment trends in Italian courses at the college and secondary level are presented. The largest Italian department is at Rutgers College in New Brunswick. The history of this program is presented. (SW)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Higher Education, Italian, Language Enrollment
