Rolling Enrollment Survey and Webpage
c. vakareliyska
vakarel at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
Mon Sep 30 01:27:09 UTC 1996
Dear Colleagues,
As you know, enrollments in Russian have been declining drastically
in the past few years, at the same time as programs in the humanities,
particularly foreign languages, have been subject to budget cuts at many
high schools and universities. This trend is already having serious
negative effects on our field, and threatens to have many more, both long-
term and short-term. There has been quite a bit of discussion of this
problem and its possible causes and solutions right here on SEELANGS. Many
original ideas have been put forth and debated just over the past year,
and, surely, there are many more yet to be discussed.
In order to track both enrollments and the effectiveness of specific
enrollment-boosting strategies being used in Slavic and Russian departments
across the country, the Subcommittee on Intra-University Promotion of the
AATSEEL-affiliated Slavic Linguistics Task Force has designed a quarterly
enrollment survey for courses in Russian and other Slavic languages, and in
Slavic linguistics. While there have been several one-time enrollment
surveys conducted over the past few years, this survey is a _rolling_
survey: i.e., the questionnaire will be posted over SEELANGS each fall
and spring (departments on the trimester system can supply figures for
winter and spring in the spring). The figures will be updated each semester
and posted on an AATSEEL webpage, together with the figures for past terms.
The webpage has two purposes: (a) to provide you with immediate access to
current and past enrollment statistics of comparably-sized universities,
and (b) to track the success of specific enrollment-boosting strategies
used by individual institutions.
It will be helpful to other departments seeking comparisons with
equivalent institutions if we can post the name of your college,
university, or secondary school on the webpage together with your response;
however, if your department chooses not to make this information
public, your request for anonymity will be honored.
We would very much appreciate your department's contribution to
this survey, which you will find immediately below; we encourage
departments outside the U.S. to participate as well. Please send your
department's response to the survey OFF-LINE to Katya Krivinkova,
kk50 at cornell.edu. (Only one response per department, please!) Once the
figures have been put on the webpage this fall, we will post an
announcement of this over SEELANGS. We also cordially invite you to
participate and share your ideas on enrollments and other concerns at an
informal session which will be held this December at the AATSEEL
conference.
With best wishes,
Cynthia Vakareliyska
Chair, Subcommittee on Intra-University Promotion
Slavic Linguistics Task Force
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Russian and Slavic Language/Linguistics Enrollment Survey
Please answer all questions below; where information is unavailable or not
relevant, mark "N/A". The numeral "1991" represents academic year 1991-92,
"1992" = 1992-93, etc. Your responses will be posted on an AATSEEL-linked
webpage. Please send your response by e-mail.
I. HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PROGRAMS
1. What is the student population at your high school?
2. Is your school public or private?
3. Please indicate the number of students enrolled in the following
Russian language courses at your institution in the past (if available) and
present:
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Other (please explain)
4. In your estimate, how many of these students continued taking Russian in
college? Please give an approximate figure for each year:
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
II. COLLEGE-LEVEL PROGRAMS
1. What is the total undergraduate population of your institution?
2. What is the total graduate student population of your institution?
3. Is your institution public or private?
4. In your estimation, how many freshmen have arrived with some high school
Russian? Give an approximate answer for each year:
year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
5. Approximately how many students who enroll in Russian courses come with
some native knowledge of Russian?
year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
6. At your institution, is Russian taught:
a) In a language and literature department, such as a Department of
Slavic Languages and Literatures or a Department of Russian
b) Together with another major language group, such as a Department of
German and Russian
c) In a language department, such as a Department of Modern Languages
d) Other (please explain)
7. Please indicate the number of students enrolled in the following Russian
language courses at your institution in the past (if available) and
present. Please give figures for each term: for example, 1993 (F 31, S 27),
or 1995 (1stQ
21, 2ndQ20,3rdQ20), or 1991 (F 13, S N/A). IF YOU HAVE USED ANY SPECIFIC
ENROLLMENT-BOOSTING STRATEGIES FOR ANY OF THESE COURSES, PLEASE ALSO
INDICATE FOR WHICH COURSE(S) AND WHICH TERM(S), AND DESCRIBE BRIEFLY THE
STRATEGY USED (e.g.,type of ad, promotional activity, etc.)
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
First year intensive 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Fourth year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
8. Specialized Russian language courses (e.g., literature in the original
language, business Russian, press & television, Russian for Research,
technical Russian, translation) (PLEASE ALSO INDICATE ANY
ENROLLMENT-BOOSTING STRATEGIES USED FOR SPECIFIC COURSES/TERMS):
type of course:
_______________ 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_______________ 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_______________ 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9. Other Slavic language enrollments (please also indicate any
enrollment-boosting strategies used for specific courses/terms):
a. Polish
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
b. Czech
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
c. Serbian/Croatian
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
d. Bulgarian
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
e. Ukrainian
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
f. Other modern Slavic language(s): ___________
First year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Second year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Third year & up 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
g. Old Church Slavonic
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Is OCS required for your graduate students?
for Russian/Slavic undergraduate majors?
8. How many undergraduate majors have been enrolled in the department in the
past six years?
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
9. How many MA-level graduate concentrators have been enrolled in the
department in any of the following programs?
literature
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
linguistics
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
pedagogy
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
translation
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
other (please specify):
10. How many PhD-level concentrators have been enrolled in the department
in any of the following programs?
literature
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
linguistics
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
pedagogy
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
translation
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
other (please specify):
10. Does your program offer any undergraduate courses on Slavic/Russian
mythology, Slavic/Russian culture, Slavic/Russian linguistics? If so, how
many students were enrolled in each? Please also indicate any
enrollment-boosting strategies used for specific courses/terms.
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
11. If not, are any such courses offered at your institution by other
departments or programs?
12. In the past six years, has your department offered any adult education
classes in Russian or other Slavic languages? Please indicate language and
level, and any enrollment-boosting strategies used for specific courses/terms:
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
13. In the past six years, has your department offered any summer school
classes in Russian or other Slavic languages? Please indicate language and
level, and any enrollment-boosting strategies used for specific
courses/terms:
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
_________________: 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Please indicate one of the following:
You MAY/MAY NOT identify my institution when posting these figures on the
webpage.
Please return to Katya Krivinkova, kk50 at cornell.edu.
Thank you!
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C. Vakareliyska vakarel at oregon.uoregon.edu
Asst. Professor of Slavic Linguistics tel. (541) 346-4043
Department of Russian fax (541) 346-1327
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1262
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