This study was conducted to identify successful foreign language programs in undergraduate institutions of higher learning and to examine those factors which were felt to have contributed to their success. The study attempted to find patterns and approaches to foreign language instruction which might be generalized, reproduced, or adapted by other institutions to generate student interest and improve teaching and learning. Rationale and procedures of the study are outlined, and then the analyses of four-year and two-year institutions' language programs are discussed in terms of: (1) findings of the questionnaire study (including analysis of responding sample, enrollment summaries, staffing, the foreign language requirement); (2) major problems (including change in degree requirements and change in student attitude and ability in four-year institutions; restricted offerings and curriculum emphasis on "practical" education in two-year institutions); and (3) factors influencing enrollment growth (including instructional quality and career related courses). A description of selected programs in four-year institutions is also included. Recognizing the problem area is relatively easy while solutions to problems must be found with the combined efforts of each individual department, and each local, state, regional, and national organization concerned with foreign language instruction. (NCR)