Rising Russian Enrollments

[Kristine Shmakov]

We've enjoyed enrollment increases in first year for the last two  
years. We have 100 students registered in first year Russian this fall.

Kristine Shmakov
Portland Community Collge
Portland, Oregon


On Oct 15, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Meredig, John wrote:

> Our first-year Russian enrollments took a big jump in the fall of  
> 2006, from 9 to 17 (2007 and 2008  had 14 and 20 respectively).  
> This year it's back down to 13, but the fact that we're offering  
> Chinese for the first time may have had some slight impact. I've  
> had second-year classes of 10 for the last two years, and I have 7  
> in third-year this year (new records). We have no major, but there  
> is a Russian Studies minor, and we have a total student body of  
> around 2400.
>
> John Meredig
> University of Evansville
> Evansville, Indiana
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures  
> list on behalf of Amy Adams
> Sent: Thu 10/15/2009 11:36 AM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Rising Russian Enrollments
>
>
>
> 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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