Plese respond directly to the originator of the message ([log in to unmask]) and not to the list. A lot of this data and other relevant data can be found in the IALLT Journal in the most recent survey of the profession - Otmar Dear Colleagues, I know that funding is always a delicate subject, but here I go anyway. I am meeting with my deans soon and am going to propose a budget for a newly developed language center here at SUNY Albany. The administration seems to like numbers and I would like to provide them with some. You can help me in my data collection by providing me with 3 things. 1. the amount of money a year that you have to spend on items other than staff and computers 2. the number of staff that you employ and the number of hours they work a week 3. the number of students that take languages at your institution a year I appreciate your assistance in maximizing the funding that I am awarded. Be assured that I will keep your responses confidential and please feel free to contact me off list or by telephone if you wish. Thanks for your time. Robert Summers Coordinator of Language Technologies and Infrastructure University at Albany HU 238 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 518-442-4153 (office) 518-442-4111 (fax) *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************