Enrollments

[Laura]

Dear Michael,
Hi! I hope you are well!
At Wayne State we created a database of jobs using Russian based on ads from
a couple years. Then we ran out of money. However, I can try to make a
printout of the names of all the companies which offered jobs using Russian.
I am on Spring Break next week, but after that I will see what I can do.
Best,
Laura Kline

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brewer, Michael" <brewerm at U.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Enrollments


> All,
>
> It seems that there is a large gap in the field when it comes to advising
> students (or reassuring parents) as to why they should study Russian.
When
> there have been attempts to do this, (to my knowledge) the arguments for
> studying Russian have been quite general (e.g. "The government will always
> need competent Russian speakers for security reasons." or "You should
really
> read the great Russian authors in the original", etc.)
>
> I have begun work on a webpage (a portion of a larger website) intended to
> identify the possible career paths for people who have, as one of their
> competencies, proficiency in Russian, what other competencies might be
> needed in those career paths, the forecast for jobs in the area, etc.
>
> This is fairly new ground for me and I would be interested in working with
> others on this project.  I have begun this work by looking at the field I
> know most about, Slavic Librarianship.  I am currently writing an article
on
> the possibilities in this field, the necessary competencies, and how to
> achieve them.  (This information will, in a truncated form, also be put on
> the aforementioned webpage).
>
> This is the kind of work we need in other areas.  For example: What
> non-profit organizations are doing work in Russia (or deal with Russia)
and
> what are the career paths and required competencies in this area?  What
are
> the possible career paths in government work for Russian speakers?  What
> other competencies are required? How does one go about pursuing this kind
of
> career?  What areas of business are open to speakers of Russian?  What
about
> translation?  What kinds of jobs are available to those interested in
> education/teaching (not only at the university level, but also at the
> community college and K-12 level)?  We all know people who eventually
found
> their way into these areas of work (mostly by chance).  It should be our
> goal to map out these various possible career paths, so that students can
> understand upfront the universe of options available to them (as well as
the
> additional competencies that may be required of them, depending on the
> career path they choose).
>
> If anyone has done any of this work in some sort of focused, useable way,
I
> would be very interested in hearing about it, and in partnering with them
to
> expand on this work.
>
> Michael Brewer
> German & Slavic Studies Librarian
> University of Arizona Library, A210
> 1510 E. University
> P.O. Box 210055
> Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
> Fax 520.621.9733
> Voice 520.621.9919
> brewerm at u.library.arizona.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren Leighton [mailto:laurengl at PTWI.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:52 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Enrollments
>
> Whatever happened to "Why Study Russian?" Surely AATSEEL must have a few
> remaining copies; and if not, the pamphlet is well worth reprinting for
> members and other interested persons. I don't remember when the last batch
> was done. I do remember that when it was done, Zita Dabars did an
additional
> deluxe, coffee-table version--the kind of gorgeous publication deans and
> provosts like to leave lying around their waiting room. The first version,
> ca. 1940s (?), was typed with carbon copies. Helen Yakobson and others did
> ever better, more elaborate versions through the years. The fact that it
> continued to be used suggests that it was an effective means of educating
> students, administrators, and others about the value of Russian.
>         P.S. I'm sending copies of this to Kathleen Dillon and Ben Rifkin.
>         P.P.S. In the event that a new version is wanted, Ben's recent set
> of
> arguments for study of Russian is surely worth including.
>
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