Discusses the anxieties, problems, and advantages of a merger between the English department and foreign-language departments at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater. Overall, the new Languages and Literatures department is stronger than its two component parts were formerly, in part due to the merger and the recruitment of excellent junior…

Explores differences between college English and foreign-language departments' treatment of literature and culture education, making a case for enhancing foreign language pedagogy's transmission of culture and literature through restructured academic territories, reorganization of authority, and redistribution of resources. (19 references) (CB)

Highlights the results of a 1994 telephone survey conducted by the Modern Language Association (MLA) of a sample of English and foreign language departments designed to ascertain changes in department size, faculty vacancies, student enrollment and majors, staffing, and course offerings over the 1980-94 period. (MDM)

Reports in detail the results of a 1994 telephone survey conducted by the Modern Language Association (MLA) of a sample of English and foreign language departments. The survey was designed to ascertain changes in department size, faculty vacancies, student enrollment and majors, staffing, and course offerings over the 1980-94 period. (three…