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Kissau, Scott – NECTFL Review, 2020
The critical shortage of foreign language teachers in the United States is well documented, and it was recently reported by ACTFL (2017) to be the worst on record. Exacerbating this shortage is declining enrollment in foreign language teacher training programs that serve as a pipeline to the profession. Even more troublesome, in response to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Enrollment Trends, Trend Analysis, Language Teachers
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Cooper, Henry R., Jr. – ADFL Bulletin, 1998
Discusses the challenges and difficulties of Slavic languages, a field that is notoriously cyclical and is currently at the bottom of a cycle. The article chronicles the history of Slavic studies in relation to political developments since World War II, draws parallels between current trends in Slavic and other modern language programs, and sees…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Trends