NYT figures

[Barry P. Scherr]

In response to David Kaiser's inquiry, here are some MLA figures, rounded to
the nearest 1000,  from earlier surveys:

1960:   31k
1968:   41k
1970:    36k
1974:   33k
1977:   28k
1980:   24k
1983:   30k
1986:   34k
1990:   45k
1995:   25k

Russian enrollments in 1995 were still slightly above their historic low in
1980, but the recent decline over just five years is much steeper than the
12-year decline from 1968-1980. Also, the 1995 enrollments are well below the
average over the last 35 years, when they were most often in the low to
mid-30's.

--Barry Scherr