Language classes

[James Augerot]

We have 105 first-day students in Russian 101, 36 in 201, 25 in 301 and
24 in 401. This represents a drop from last year in the first three
levels. This has to be interpreted a little differently from other
reports for two reasons, first, we had not experienced the earlier
decreases in Russian enrollment that have been widely reported around the
nation. Perhaps our decrease from 150 in 101 to the current 105 could be
attributed to a late "catching up" to national trends. Of course, it also
may be partially attributable to our unfortunate nomination for
elimination last year. Many locals tell us that they are surprised to see
us around campus because they thought we were down the drain.
Other languages are rather normal here: first year Croatian Serbian is
17, second year Polish is 6, second year Czech is 7.

Alive and well in Seattle,

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      jim augerot slavic department box 353580 uw seattle wa 98195
  e-mail: bigjim at u.washington.edu  fax: 206-543-6009  tel: 206-543-6848
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