Role of Language in Higher Education

Bryon MacWilliams bryon at ONLINE.RU
Thu Apr 8 14:37:35 UTC 2004


** Please respond off-line to bryon at online.ru **

My name is Bryon MacWilliams, and I am the Russia/CIS correspondent for
the U.S. weekly newspaper, The Chronicle of Higher Education.
(http://chronicle.com) I am currently reporting on the role of language in
higher education in each of the former Soviet republics. I thought
SEELANGERs might be able to help.

Generally I've been focusing on what's been happening in the republics
since the early 90s -- the transitions away from/toward Russian, the
reasons behind them, and the resulting difficulties/controversies. I'm
interested in learning more about Soviet language policies in higher
education, and how they differed -- in practice, if not in law -- from
republic to republic.

I'd appreciate hearing from those who have studied, or are living through,
these changes. Please reply off-line to bryon at online.ru.

Thanks!

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