In Europe, nine out of 10 students study a foreign language. In the United States, only one in five does. From 1997 to 2008, the number of American middle schools offering foreign languages dropped ...

Italian Professor Alessandro Carrera was shocked when he counted the number of language graduates on the University of Houston’s commencement program in May. Around 20 undergraduates earned degrees in ...

Enrollment by college students in foreign language courses dropped a record 16.6% between fall 2016 and fall 2021, according to the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) most recent census, released ...

Enrollments in foreign-language courses tumbled nearly 17 percent between the fall of 2016 and the fall of 2021, the largest decline in the six decades the Modern Language Association has been ...

It’s clear from declining enrollment in foreign language courses in colleges and universities across the country that students are losing interest in language learning. As a result, institutions of ...

American interests include developing experts in the languages and cultures of other nations, and the study of more obscure languages and cultures may need to be subsidized to have sufficient experts ...

For student learning outcomes, please see wiu.edu/provost/learningoutcomes. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in ...

Professor Alessandro Carrera was shocked when he counted the number of language graduates on the University of Houston's commencement program in May. Around 20 undergraduates earned degrees in Spanish ...