Russian enrollments (first year)

[Katya Hokanson]

We had a drop last year, only about 20 finished first year.  This year  
we have 64, which is more typical of our recent years.

All of last year's first year students are, however, in second year now.

Katya Hokanson
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
University of Oregon


> Date:    Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:51:29 -0400
> From:    Kevin Moss <moss at MIDDLEBURY.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Annual Census of College Russian, other Slavic, and EE  
> lang. programs
>
> I'm curious if anyone else experienced a drop in enrollments this  
> year.
>
> At Middlebury we have the lowest enrollments in First Year Russian  
> (17) in some 10 years. I had thought we were out of the slump for  
> good!
>
> I'm curious as to whether our numbers are a result of internal  
> factors (opening an additional section of Arabic / not offering a  
> first year seminar)
> or external (Russia out of the news, eclipsed by the Arab Spring).
>
> Kevin Moss
> Middlebury College

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