When Monika Megyesi was growing up in Romania during the despotic reign of President Nicolae Ceausescu, she remembers her mother speaking of the United States as a land of opportunity. Today, like ...

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 ...

It’s clear from declining enrollment in foreign language courses in colleges and universities across the country that students are losing interest in language learning. As a result, institutions of ...

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa’s largest College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is expanding the pathways to fulfill its world language requirements to give students more flexibility, despite ...

Despite some concern last spring about funding for the University's Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum program, new courses are being offered under the program's auspices this fall. "Spanish 229: ...

One of Indiana University’s oldest foreign language programs was abruptly put on hiatus, with no indication of when — or if –— it will resume. The Honors Program in Foreign Languages (IUHPFL) is an ...

For 67 years, the Department of Education has administered grants to universities to create centers devoted to foreign languages and area studies, a field focused on the study of the culture of a ...

Schools in Belmont Cragin, Lake View, Little Village, Pullman, Edgewater and the East Side are adding language programs aimed ...

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 ...