When Monika Megyesi was growing up in Romania during the despotic reign of President Nicolae Ceausescu, she remembers her mother speaking of the United States as a land of opportunity. Today, like ...

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 ...

Actually using a foreign language is among the best ways to learn one, and Coe and Cornell colleges believe they've found a way to help students do that while also serving the wider Cedar Rapids and ...

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 ...

Despite some concern last spring about funding for the University's Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum program, new courses are being offered under the program's auspices this fall. "Spanish 229: ...

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 ...

National data shows that foreign language offerings have declined in the United States over the past six decades as well as more recently. Even if the supply of foreign language courses has slipped, ...

American interests require experts on international subject matter. We need diplomats, analysts, and spies with expertise in particular languages and cultures. But Congress made a mistake when it ...