increasing enrollments

[Stephen Blackwell]

On the topic of increasing enrollments in Russian, the following
observation.  At the university of tennessee, most of the people who make
it as far as second year have had some exposure to Russian previous to
colllege.  It seems that increased outreach into schools and enhanced
support for all K-12 programs by nearby Universities would be a good way
to build enrollments into the future.  This point cannot be overstated nor
repeated too many times, especially as concerns the K-8 crowd.  Only by
beginning exposure to Russia early and reinforcing it often will Russia
and its language cease to be marginal in this country.

Stephen H. Blackwell
Assistant Professor of Russian
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages
701 McClung Tower
University of Tennessee
Knoxville TN 37996