Enrollment by college students in foreign language courses dropped a record 16.6% between fall 2016 and fall 2021, according to the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) most recent census, released ...

American interests include developing experts in the languages and cultures of other nations, and the study of more obscure languages and cultures may need to be subsidized to have sufficient experts ...

Enrollments in foreign-language courses tumbled nearly 17 percent between the fall of 2016 and the fall of 2021, the largest decline in the six decades the Modern Language Association has been ...

It’s clear from declining enrollment in foreign language courses in colleges and universities across the country that students are losing interest in language learning. As a result, institutions of ...

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree cannot use foreign culture courses to fulfill their foreign language requirement. The B.A. degree will count foreign language credit gained through ...

For 67 years, the Department of Education has administered grants to universities to create centers devoted to foreign languages and area studies, a field focused on the study of the culture of a ...

An unprecedented summit between the U.S. government and college presidents paves the way for new efforts to engage with the world The State Department invited 120 college leaders here this month to ...

There is an overwhelming lack of foreign language education throughout schools in the United States. Many individuals experience a withdrawal from their mother tongue and either speak English with ...

Professor Alessandro Carrera was shocked when he counted the number of language graduates on the University of Houston's commencement program in May. Around 20 undergraduates earned degrees in Spanish ...

The former CU Boulder Modified Foreign Language Program has dropped the word ‘foreign’ from its name to emphasize inclusivity and recognize the harm inherent in the word The University of Colorado ...

In Europe, nine out of 10 students study a foreign language. In the United States, only one in five does. From 1997 to 2008, the number of American middle schools offering foreign languages dropped ...