Enrollments in Languages Other than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Summer 2016 and Fall 2016: Preliminary Report

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Title: Enrollments in Languages Other than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Summer 2016 and Fall 2016: Preliminary Report
Language: English
Authors: Looney, Dennis, Lusin, Natalia, Modern Language Association of America
Source: Modern Language Association. 2018.
Availability: Modern Language Association. 26 Broadway 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10004-1789. Tel: 646-576-5040; Fax: 646-458-0030; Web site: http://www.mla.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2018
Document Type: Reports - Research
Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: College Students, Language Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, Japanese, Korean, American Sign Language, French, Chinese, Greek, Semitic Languages, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Russian
Abstract: This report describes lower- and upper-level undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English in summer and fall 2016 reported by 2,547 AA-, BA-, MA-, and PhD-granting colleges and universities in the United States. Between fall 2013 and fall 2016, enrollments in languages other than English fell 9.2% in colleges and universities in the United States; of the fifteen most commonly taught languages, only Japanese and Korean showed gains in enrollments.
Abstractor: ERIC
Number of References: 2
Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: ED590075
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This report describes lower- and upper-level undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English in summer and fall 2016 reported by 2,547 AA-, BA-, MA-, and PhD-granting colleges and universities in the United States. Between fall 2013 and fall 2016, enrollments in languages other than English fell 9.2% in colleges and universities in the United States; of the fifteen most commonly taught languages, only Japanese and Korean showed gains in enrollments.