ERIC Number: ED013566
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Publication Date: 1966-May
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COLLEGE CLASSICAL ENROLLMENTS, 1965-66.
LIEBERMAN, SAMUEL
THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) STATISTICAL SURVEY AVAILABLE IN MARCH 1966 CORROBORATED PREVIOUS, LESS EXTENSIVE, STUDIES SPONSORED BY "THE CLASSICAL WORLD," AND SHOWED THAT ENROLLMENTS IN LATIN AND GREEK HAVE GROWN SLOWLY BUT RESPECTABLY, AND THAT ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF COLLEGES DO NOT OFFER CLASSICAL LANGUAGES, MANY DO NOT PROVIDE EVEN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. ALTHOUGH THE MLA QUESTIONNAIRE EXCLUDED NON-LANGUAGE COURSES ON CLASSICAL CULTURE, IT INCLUDED LATIN AND GREEK INSTRUCTION IN JUNIOR COLLEGES, AND THE FIGURES INDICATE A VAST AND GROWING POTENTIAL FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN "THE CLASSICAL WORLD," VOLUME 59, NUMBER 9, MAY 1966. (GJ)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Greek, Language Enrollment, Latin, Two Year Colleges
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