russian enrollment statistics

[Pendergast, John J CIV USA USMA]

Dear Sasha-

I can't promise their data will help support your argument, but American University has been compiling the most comprehensive Russian enrollment available (limited only by intermittent participation) going back to 2002.  The information is available at the following link:

http://www1.american.edu/research/CCPCR/COLLEGEENROLL.htm

West Point's numbers for 2002-2011 are there (under US Military Academy).
Our numbers for 2012/2013 are as follows
First Year: ( 96/ 103 )
Second Year (78/ 22 )

Please contact me with any questions about the West point numbers.

-John

John M. Pendergast (MAJ, ret.)
Assistant Professor of Russian
Department of Foreign Languages
745 Brewerton Road
West Point, NY 10996
845-938-6154
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Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:58 AM
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Dear Donna,

I will indeed do so.  Our chair is meeting with the dean on the 1st of Sept, so I'm composing a letter that argues for the conservation of the program.  Once I'm done, I will post the letter on Seelangs so that others might take from it whatever strategies might fit their circumstances best.

Thank you,
Sasha.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Donna Orwin <donna.orwin at utoronto.ca<mailto:donna.orwin at utoronto.ca>> wrote:
Dear Sasha,

It might be helpful if you amalgamated the stats  from different places and posted these in one file on SEELANGS.  You might also  summarize the different strategies recommended for advocating for Russian language instruction.  Our program here at Toronto is robust at the moment and not under threat, but it is always helpful to collect data from elsewhere for conversations within the university.

All the best,

Donna
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Sent: August-22-12 9:06 AM

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Subject: [SEELANGS] russian enrollment statistics

Dear Seelanguagers,


Our Russian program at Vanderbilt is under a  threat of reduction.  Our department is meeting with the dean next week to plead our case.  My sense is that Russian language enrollments have been growing in the past couple of years, but it would be great to get some statistical data behind it.

Could you possibly send me (Sasha Spektor) your student numbers?  I would compile a small data analysis sheet to present it to the dean with the rest of our arguments.  You can do so either on the list (if you think others might be interested) or off at xrenovo at gmail.com<mailto:xrenovo at gmail.com>

I greatly appreciate your help.

Hope you are all doing well,
Sasha.
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