National Security Language Initiative

[Alina Israeli]

No, Genevra. This is because administrations allocate money(s) according to
their goals while language programs are enrollments driven. In other words,
unless there are government subsidies with specific linguistic goal (for
ex. to train so many Russian language speakers), this list is meaningless
for colleges.

Please keep in mind that other languages on this list include Arabic,
Chinese, Hindi, and Farsi. I've seen US Army list which included Korean and
Portuguese.

But even if we stick to this list, how much has been invested in Hindi and
Farsi? Arabic and Chinese have enjoyed some popularity on campuses lately
due to the political events. Students get interested in a language after
some cataclismic political event. The history of language schools in
Middlebury, for example, proves that academia does the same.

>That is because they do not receive promotions for their successes in
>language and language training.
>
>Genevra Gerhart


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 Alina Israeli
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 Washington, DC 20016

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