--- Forwarded Message from Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]> --- >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 >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ 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]> --- > > >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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edmund N. Dente Director, Language Media Center Ph: 617-627-3036 Tufts University [log in to unmask] Medford, MA 02155