increasing enrollment survey

[Robert Beard]

At 10:19 AM 9/26/97 +0100, you wrote:
>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?
>4
>2.  What is the approximate size of the student body?
>3200 undergraduate 300 graduate
>3.  Does your department grant graduate degrees?  Up to what level?
>Masters
>4.  Does your institution have a language requirement?  If so, what is it?
>No
>5.  Which Slavic languages does your department offer?
>Russian
>6.  Up to what level are these languages taught?
>5th
>7.  What non-Slavic languages does your department offer?
>None
>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.
>3 1/3
>10. Number of faculty in non-Slavic areas in your department.
>None
>11.  What are the possible areas of concentration or specialization
>available in your department?  Please break down by undergraduate and
>graduate programs.
>Russian
>12.  Would you like the name of your university to remain anonymous?
>Yes
>
>
>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?
>We will offer a track of Business Russian next year if the Curriculum
Committee
approves it.
>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?
>We have offered a course in Business Russian and some of us use the
internet intensively.   The latter is extremely attractive.  The former,
so-so.
>3.  Does your institution grant additional credit for intensive language
>study?  Are these intensive courses popular among students?
>We will initiate one this year.
>4.  Do you find that study-abroad opportunities attract students to your
>department?
>Not particularly.  It does raise enthusiasm among those enrolled.
>5.  Describe any other relevant curriculum changes related to increasing
>enrollment.
>We do posters which are marginally effective
>
>III.  Outreach programs:
>
>1.  What activities does your department sponsor to attract students from
>within the institution?   Have these activities proven successful?
>Guest appearances, talks at fraternities, sororities, email messages, job
listings posted at career development center.  Not very effective so far.
>
>2.  What activities sponsored by your department are open to area schools
>or the community at large?  Have these activities proven successful?
>Visit literature classes at local schools.  0 effectiveness.
>
>3.  Describe any other relevant outreach strategies you have found
successful.
>Web site geared for high-schools and undergraduate colleges.  Mildly
effective, though so far less so than expected.
>
>IV.  Evaluation
>
>1.  How does your department define a successful year in language classes?
>The student does not drop out.
>
>2.  How does your department define a successful year in other classes
>related to Slavic?
>Same.
>
>3.  How does your department define a successful year overall?
>Same.
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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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