Fascination with Business and the Orient Fuels Enrollment in Asian Languages.

Collison, Michele N-K.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Fascination with Business and the Orient Fuels Enrollment in Asian Languages.

Collison, Michele N-K.

Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n23 pA35 Feb 17 1988

Interest in the Far East has fueled dramatic increases in the past three years in the number of students taking classes in Japanese and Chinese. Many are studying these languages in conjunction with courses on business or economics in the hope that proficiency in the language will lead to lucrative jobs in international business. (MLW)

Descriptors: Administrator Education, Asian Studies, Business, Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Japanese, Language Enrollment, Second Language Programs, Surveys, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China; Japan

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