increasing enrollment survey

[J. Rouhier-Willoughby]

In an effort to gain updated information about successful enrollment
increasing and public relations strategies in Slavic departments, the
Public Relations and External Promotion Subcommittee of the AATSEEL
Linguistics Committee has developed the following survey. We ask that you
please help us in our information gathering and in the support of effective
public relations efforts for the entire profession by taking a few minutes
to complete this survey. Since we would like to have the results compiled
by November, could you please submit the survey by October 20 to the
following email address:  jrouhie at pop.uky.edu or mail a hard copy to
Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, Chair, Subcommittee on Public Relations and
External Promotion, Dept. of Russian and Eastern Studies, 1055 Patterson
Office Tower, U. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY  40506

The results from the survey will be presented at the AATSEEL conference in
November at the annual meeting of the Linguistics Committee. In addition,
they will be posted on the web on the AATSEEL site. All results will remain
anonymous, should you so request.

Survey on Successful Russian and Slavic Programs


I.  General institutional information:

1.  Is your institution a 2 or 4 year college, or university?

2.  What is the approximate size of the student body?

3.  Does your department grant graduate degrees?  Up to what level?

4.  Does your institution have a language requirement?  If so, what is it?

5.  Which Slavic languages does your department offer?

6.  Up to what level are these languages taught?

7.  What non-Slavic languages does your department offer?

8.  Have you found that these languages compete for the students who would
take a Slavic language?

9.  Number of faculty in Slavic in your department.

10. Number of faculty in non-Slavic areas in your department.

11.  What are the possible areas of concentration or specialization
available in your department?  Please break down by undergraduate and
graduate programs.

12.  Would you like the name of your university to remain anonymous?



II.  Internal curricular changes:

1.  Has your department instituted any changes in course offerings,
requirements for the degree, or areas of concentration in order to attract
more students?  Please describe course offerings before and after these
changes went into effect.  Which of these changes, in your opinion, were
best received by students?

2.  Has your department changed the pace or content of traditionally
offered courses in order to attract more students?  In which cases has this
strategy proven effective?

3.  Does your institution grant additional credit for intensive language
study?  Are these intensive courses popular among students?

4.  Do you find that study-abroad opportunities attract students to your
department?

5.  Describe any other relevant curriculum changes related to increasing
enrollment.


III.  Outreach programs:

1.  What activities does your department sponsor to attract students from
within the institution?   Have these activities proven successful?


2.  What activities sponsored by your department are open to area schools
or the community at large?  Have these activities proven successful?


3.  Describe any other relevant outreach strategies you have found successful.


IV.  Evaluation

1.  How does your department define a successful year in language classes?


2.  How does your department define a successful year in other classes
related to Slavic?


3.  How does your department define a successful year overall?

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Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby           telephone:  (606) 257-1756
Department of Russian and Eastern Studies      fax:  (606) 257-3743
1055 Patterson Office Tower                email:  jrouhie at pop.uky.edu
University of Kentucky           URL: http://www.uky.edu/~jrouhie/
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
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