Rising Russian Enrollments

[Jane Knox-Voina]

We experienced a large increase from 7 - 15 last year, and 10 continued 
on this year in Second Year Russian. This year we have a class of only 
10 in First Year, but our two courses in translation, Russian Literature 
of the 19th Century, and Film and Literature of the 20th century 
Revolution, Sex and Violence), have 15 and 30. Our total college 
enrollment is around 1700 students.

Jane Knox-Voina
Russian Department and Eurasian and East European Studies Program
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine 04011

Marc Robinson wrote:
> We have experienced jumps the last two years.  Last year's beginning
> enrollments jumped from an average of 28 to 42 last year.  This year we have
> about 35 in beginning Russian (We have a student body of about 3000)
>
> Marc Robinson, Chair,
> The Department of Russian Language and Area Studies
> St. Olaf College
> 1520 St. Olaf Avenue
> Northfield, MN 55057
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Amy Adams <aadams at holycross.edu> wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear Colleagues ~
>> The Holy Cross Public Affairs office is doing a story on our sudden
>> increase in Russian enrollements at the college. Specifically, they are
>> interested to know if the increase is part of a national trend (perhaps
>> connected with new Obama administration, etc.). Can any of you report the
>> same (perhaps unexpected) increase in your Russian courses? It would be very
>> helpful to the story -- which may reach a national audience.
>>
>> Best, Amy Adams
>>
>>
>> Amy Singleton Adams
>> Associate Professor of Russian
>> College of the Holy Cross
>> Worcester, MA 01610 USA
>> (508) 793-2543
>> aadams at holycross.edu
>>
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