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 ...

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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 ...

One of Indiana University’s oldest foreign language programs was abruptly put on hiatus, with no indication of when — or if –— it will resume. The Honors Program in Foreign Languages (IUHPFL) is an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...