--- Forwarded Message from Language Laboratories and Archives <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 13:17:46 -0600 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Language Laboratories and Archives <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5986 Alarming Development -- Entire Languages Program Axed ------------------ Actually, this is up on the Chronicle of Higher Education web page, on a page that is free for all, under a rubric called Colloquy (http://chronicle.com/colloquy/): This forum invites discussion. Barbara Need UChicago Language Labs >--- Forwarded Message from "Samuels, Jeff" <[log in to unmask]> --- > >>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 > >------------------ >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! > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Jeffrey D. Samuels, >Instructor, Modern Languages >Program Coordinator >Thormann International Technology and Media Center >Goucher College >1021 Dulaney Valley Road >Baltimore, MD 21204 >office: (410)337-6297 >fax: (410) 337-6295 >email: [log in to unmask] >web page: http://faculty.goucher.edu/jsamuels >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~