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>Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 13:47:46 -0500 (EST)
>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #5986 Alarming Development -- Entire Languages Program Axed
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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This is astonishing! I knew David well here at Tufts when he was Chair
of the Russian Department. I have not yet read the article, but, knowing
David's commitment to quality education, I'm (almost) speechless!
Ed

On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from "Samuels, Jeff" <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >From: "Samuels, Jeff" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Alarming Development -- Entire Languages Program Axed
> >Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:34:45 -0500
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> Dear LLTI-ers,
>
> I am curious to hear people's reactions to the developments at Drake
> University, where the new president has fired the entire languages
> department and has orchestrated the abolition of the university's languages
> requirement.  Who is this rogue president?  It's David Maxwell, who used to
> head up the National Foreign Language Center!  I found out about this from
> an internal Goucher College listserv.  The article has been reproduced for
> your reference on my website:
> http://faculty.goucher.edu/jsamuels/maxwell.htm
>
> Definitely worth a read!
>
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> Program Coordinator
> Thormann International Technology and Media Center
> Goucher College
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Edmund N. Dente
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Tufts University                   [log in to unmask]
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