THE AVAILABILITY AND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION DATA OF MODERN LANGUAGE TEACHING MANPOWER IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR 1959-60 WERE COORDINATED, TABULATED, EVALUATED, AND REPORTED. CANVASSING WAS CONDUCTED OF 1,700 DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN AT 1,170 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR (1) NAMES AND POSITIONS OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS, (2) LANGUAGES TAUGHT BY EACH PERSON, (3) TYPE OF COURSES TAUGHT, AND (4) TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT. SURVEY TABLES WERE PRESENTED OF (1) STATE AND NATIONAL TOTALS, (2) TOTALS WITHIN SIX REGIONAL ACCREDITING ASSOCIATIONS, (3) TOTALS BY REGIONAL GROUP, AND (4) STATISTICAL ANALYSIS RESULTS. TWO SPECIAL ADDENDA WERE ALSO INCLUDED WHICH LISTED THE CRITICAL LANGUAGES WITH THE NUMBER OF STATES, INSTITUTIONS, AND TEACHERS ARRANGED (1) BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LANGUAGE AND (2) BY STATE. (RS)