Rise in Russian Enrollment Fall Semester

Thu Sep 19 13:10:30 UTC 2013

Dear Ian et al.,

Virginia has seen a dramatic rise in first-year enrollments over fall, 2012,
which, granted, was abnormally low. Usually, over the last 5-6 years the first-year
enrollments have hovered around 50.
2013: 54
2012: 35
2011: 52
2010: 47
2009: 51
2008: 48

Also, traditionally robust 2nd (26), 3rd (21), and 4th (12) year enrollments for this fall.

Edith

Edith W. Clowes
Brown-Forman Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
108 Halsey Annex C
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA  22904
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University of Nebraska
Russian 30 First Year;  16 Second Year; 10 Third year.
Czech 9 First Year; 7 Second Year; 3 Third year

Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce
Other Languages Section Head
Department of Modern Languages
1219 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
NE 68588-0315

e-mail:  msaskova-pierce1 at unl.edu

Tel:  (402) 472 1336
Fax: (402) 472 0327

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Dear Ian,

At St. Olaf College, no increase either, though our numbers have stayed quite high generally.  We have 35 in beginning Russian.  That's slightly down from last year, I believe - but due to unforeseen circumstances last year our entire department was gone due to sabbaticals and medical leaves. We are back full force now and things seem pretty much like before: 35 in first year 24 in second year, 14 in third year and 10 studying abroad in senior year.

I'm also interested in finding out if others are experiencing increases in enrollments.

Thanks,
Marc Robinson, Chair
St. Olaf College

On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 5:21 AM, Janneke van de Stadt <Janneke.vandeStadt at williams.edu<mailto:Janneke.vandeStadt at williams.edu>> wrote:
Dear Ian,

At Williams we are net experiencing an increase of any kind, alas.  I would be very interested to hear if other institutions are seeing something different and why, so might I ask that folks respond to the list?

Many thanks!

Janneke

On Sep 19, 2013, at 4:20 AM, Ian <baiterek at HOTMAIL.COM<mailto:baiterek at HOTMAIL.COM>> wrote:

I am investigating a possible trend for the Moscow Times and was curious if first year Russian courses in the US have seen a significant increase in enrollment this semester, and if so why you think that might be.  Input very much appreciated.  Feel free to respond here or to i.bateson at imedia.ru<mailto:i.bateson at imedia.ru>.

Best,

Ian Bateson
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