enrollments again

[Emily Tall]

Here's another reason for the decline, at least at my institution:
enrollment-driven decisions, which means that if classes above first year are
"two small" they can't be counted as regular offerings and have to be offered
on faculty overload. But perhaps that's just here. Emily

Pavel Samsonov wrote:

> At 06:45 PM 9/8/00 +0000, you wrote:
> >Dear colleagues: Here at SUNY Buffalo the semester has already begun
> >and, would you believe, I have 22 students in my first semester class (4
> >more than last year) and this with no advertising or recruitment
> >efforts. The students' reasons for taking Russian vary, with two (adult)
> >students having been involved in exchanges, some having friends, some
> >having taken it in elementary school (two), and a few because they had
> >"free time" and wanted to study it. I don't know how many will continue,
> >of course. Having 22 students in a class that stresses oral work is not
> >a good idea, but that's the way my university administration wants it.
> >    Cheers to all, Emily Tall
>
> Dear SEELANGER's,
>
> I am currently working on an interactive web page that will conduct a
> survey into the status of Russian studies here in the Unites States. This
> will be part of my research. In a month or two I am planning to invite the
> listmembers to visit it and make their contributions.
>
> About three or four months ago we discussed this issue at lenth on the
> list. I am not sure if anybody offered a special questionnaire on the web
> for this purpose.
>
> I am planning to include the following questions:
>
> 1. Have Russian studies (classes) declined at your college (university) in
> recent 5 years?
> 2. Could you provide specific data on the decline (rise) of Russian studies
> (classes?)
> 3. What are the main reasons for the decline?
>    - collapse of the USSR
>    - decline of interest to Russia
>    - no job opportunities with Russian
>   - Russian is not a defense language any more
>   - other
>
> There may have been a rise of interest in a particular institution, like in
> Emily's.
>
> I will try to include all the questions possible.
> I would greatly appreciate if you would help me to fomulate questions so
> that I could get more feedback.
>
> Once the webpage is ready I will provide you with the URL address.
>
> Your participation will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Pavel Samsonov,
>
> Texas A&M University
>
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