Locations outside of Russia to study Russian?

[Avram Lyon]

The affected programs have either been pushed from Russia by Russia itself
(American Councils) or are funded by national security grants (Boren,
ROTC-GO) and thus more affected by Russia's growing suspicions. No one here
really wants to move the programs from Russia.
On Aug 6, 2014 6:10 AM, "Robert Chandler" <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> Dear Bill Rivers,
>
> Cutting off cultural and educational links with Russia at a time like this
> seems to me deeply mistaken.  Do you, or anyone else, understand the
> reasons for this change?  Is it primarily a matter of (exaggerated) concern
> for the safety of the students, or does it spring from some idea of
> "punishing" Russia?
>
> All the best,
>
> Robet
>
>
> On 6 Aug 2014, at 13:26, Bill Rivers <wrivers at LANGUAGEPOLICY.ORG> wrote:
>
> > Colleagues,
> >
> > Dan Davidson, the Executive Director of the American Councils for
> International Education, Which administers the Russian language programs
> for the Boren program, has informed me that AC will shift these to Almaty,
> at KazGU.
> >
> > Bill Rivers
> >
> > On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:20 PM, "KALB, JUDITH" <KALBJ at MAILBOX.SC.EDU>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear colleagues,
> >> I have learned from one of my students scheduled to spend the year in
> Russia on a Boren that Boren is canceling Russian programs for this year.
>  She can still be funded to study Russian, but somewhere other than Russia.
>  Any thoughts on programs outside of Russia for the academic year that
> would still be accepting students for Russian language study? Thanks so
> much for any ideas you may have!
> >> Judy
> >>
> >> Dr. Judith E. Kalb
> >> Assoc. Prof. of Russian
> >> University of South Carolina
> >> Columbia, SC 29208
> >> jkalb at sc.edu
> >>
> >>
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