Inquiry: Demographics of Hindi classes with REF: to heritage learners

[Scott McGinnis]

With thanks to Louis Janus at CARLA....


> From:         Manring, Rebecca
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:18 AM
> To:   'HINDI-T at TC.UMN.EDU'; 'LCTL-L at TC.UMN.EDU'
> Subject:      demographics
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I'm interested in a phenomenon we're observing here at IU in our Hindi
> enrollments, which is that all the students taking Hindi are Heritage
> students.  Is this a trend around the country?
>
> If it doesn't pose too much of an imposition, I'd very much like to get an
> idea from you of the demographic (i.e., Heritage/non-Heritage) makeup of
> your elementary and intermediate Hindi classes.  If it turns out that this
> is indeed a clear trend, it's something we need to take into consideration
> in planning any new directions in our curriculum.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Rebecca Manring
> Religious Studies
> Indiana University
>