Colleges hope the nation’s global war on terrorism will translate into more Congressional support for programs that finance and encourage the study of foreign languages, especially those spoken in ...

Enrollments in foreign-language courses tumbled nearly 17 percent between the fall of 2016 and the fall of 2021, the largest decline in the six decades the Modern Language Association has been ...

The Cambridge study indicated a 7% gap between the proportion of disadvantaged students at schools where languages were optional at GCSE (29% of all students), and at schools wher ...

American interests require experts on international subject matter. We need diplomats, analysts, and spies with expertise in particular languages and cultures. But Congress made a mistake when it ...

American interests include developing experts in the languages and cultures of other nations, and the study of more obscure languages and cultures may need to be subsidized to have sufficient experts ...

Students from less wealthy backgrounds are more likely to attend schools where learning a foreign language for the General ...

Students are strongly encouraged to address the language requirement as early as possible in their academic work, i.e., in their very first semester at Boston College. Non-fulfillment of the language ...

BRATTLEBORO -- Elsa Borrero, coordinator of the foreign language program for the Windham Southeast elementary schools, has not yet taught her young students how to say "budget cuts" in Spanish. But if ...

School systems across the Washington area are adding foreign language classes in elementary grades in response to a call from government and business leaders who say the country needs more bilingual ...