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>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:23:29 -0400
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>From: "Jo:rg Waltje" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Graduate Education Survey

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Dear Colleagues:

Currently, graduate students in Languages and Literatures face the challenge of developing into future faculty members who are supposed to meet changing disciplinary and institutional needs. The professional demands created by the rapid growth of information technologies, digital media, and shifts in the academic job market require advanced graduate seminars focusing on current language pedagogy and the integration of technology into language as well as literature teaching.  It seems that right now very few institutions offer these kinds of courses, although more and more job ads list "familiarity with instructional technology" as one of the skills sought in new hires.

Rachel Saury and I have been working on an article concerning these matters and would like to gather some more data.
Please take a few moments to fill out our survey with respect to your home institution and your department.  Please also encourage colleagues in other Language and Literature Departments to respond to this survey.  Your help in arriving at a more complete picture of the current state of Graduate education in the United States and Canada will be very much appreciated.

You can find the survey at  http://willow.cats.ohiou.edu/~lrc/survey.html

It is short, to the point, and will not take more than seven minutes (!) of your time.

Best regards,           Jörg Waltje
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Dr. Jörg Waltje
Director LRC 
Ohio University
Gordy Hall 17 D
Athens, Ohio 45701 (USA)

Ph: (740) 593-2748       
Fax: (740) 593-0729
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