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<P><FONT SIZE=2> The Language Policy Research Unit (LPRU) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> of the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Education Policy Studies Laboratory </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> at </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> Arizona State University </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> ANNOUNCES UPDATED WEBSITE</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> <A HREF="http://www.language-policy.org" TARGET="_blank">http://www.language-policy.org</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>LPRU, under the direction of Terrence G. Wiley, is a unit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>of the Education Policy Studies Laboratory at Arizona State</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>University. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Our new and recently updated website now provides: </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>* Original articles by leading scholars (including</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> James Crawford, Josue Gonzalez and Harold Schiffman), </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> notes on recent books, and an extensive bibliography; </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>* Archives of news items from leading newspapers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> around the world;</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>* Lists of court cases and bibliography related to language;</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>* Links to academic journals and other resources for </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> language policy research.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The LPRU website is rapidly expanding, and new resources </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>are added monthly. If you wish to be informed of updates, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>subscribe to the LPRUNEWS listserv by sending an email letter </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>to listserv@asu.edu and making the one-line contents read </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> sub LPRUNEWS your-first-name your-last-name </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The Language Policy Research Unit promotes research </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and policy analysis on the challenges of global multilingualism </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>through studies promoting equitable language policies in </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>education & society; demographic studies bearing on language </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>rights and preservation; historical & contemporary studies </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on language contact, conflict, and minority language </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>accommodation; and media, legal and legislative analyses.</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>The Education Policy Studies Laboratory (EPSL) at ASU offers </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>high quality analyses of national education policy issues and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>provides an analytical resource for educators, journalists, and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>citizens. It includes the Commercialism in Education Research </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Unit (CERU), the Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA), the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Education Policy Reports Project (EPRP), the Education Policy </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Research Unit (EPRU), and the Language Policy Research Unit </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(LPRU). The EPSL is directed by ASU Professor Alex Molnar.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Visit the EPSL website at <A HREF="http://www.edpolicylab.org/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.edpolicylab.org/</A></FONT>
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