Tennessee Russian Threatened

[Stephen Blackwell]

Subject:
Tennessee Russian Threatened
From:
Stephen Blackwell <sblackwe at utk.edu>
Date:
Tue, 25 May 2010 11:47:14 -0400

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Colleagues,
I sent out the message below a while back; it seems never to have been 
posted.  A second column has appeared since then. Please read on; if 
you're willing to register at the newspaper's site (free), you can add 
comments.
Regards,
Stephen Blackwell

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/22/ut-should-keep-russian-major/

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Subject: 	Tennessee Russian Threatened
Date: 	Tue, 04 May 2010 13:15:23 -0400
From: 	Stephen Blackwell <sblackwe at utk.edu>
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Greetings, colleagues--
Please see this article in Knoxville's paper today.  It would be great 
if you could add comments.


Click here: UT may drop Italian, Russian as majors : knoxnews.com 
<http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/may/03/ut-may-drop-italian-russian-as-majors/?print=1> 



Two facts missing from the article are that only $5000 will be saved 
annually by the lecturer cuts, and that all the seats eliminated by 
those cuts will have to be recreated in other language and literature 
programs, because they fulfill university requirements for their students.

Of course, any advice and other offers of help or support will be most 
welcome!  At some later time, I may ask for supporting letters to our 
Provost, but not just yet, I think.

Best regards to all,

Stephen Blackwell
Chair, Russian Program
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

-- 
Stephen H. Blackwell
Associate Professor of Russian
701 McClung Tower
Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996

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