An anonymous suvey was administered to all students completing learning skills minicourses (n=141) during the fall 1976 semester at El Camino College (California). The survey was designed to provide information for the purposes of identifying and evaluating the recruitment strategies for and enrollment motivations of students completing the…

The interrelatedness of job security for language teachers and student enrollment in foreign language courses is discussed. The decline in student interest and enrollment in language programs is traced to several sources including: (1) the "let's-teach-only-the-best-kids" syndrome, (2) the continuity myth, and (3) the…