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 |
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| 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 |
| 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. |
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