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For a second, put aside investments in computer science, ethnic studies and visual arts — we need to bolster our foreign language programs across the county, state and country.

Dwight A. McBride and Justin A. Joyce discuss James Baldwin Review, which they co-founded in 2015 and which is now co-published by Washington University in St. Louis and Manchester University Press. With more than 20,000 annual downloads, it is the most read journal in the press’s catalogue.

Aberdeen University is expected to outline proposals this week amid "falling demand" for language degrees.

The student newspaper of Notre Dame, and Saint Marys, and Holy Cross

Student and faculty headcounts and program offerings in modern languages have decreased in the last decade. What is their future?

The Marketplace of Ideas at The Times of Israel

The phrase ‘crocodile tears’, meaning fake sorrow, has its origins in a bizarre medieval myth.

Massive cuts at West Virginia University send a damaging and devastatingly inaccurate message to everyone from students to presidents of other colleges and universities that the humanities, and especially the study of languages and culture, are reserved for those who can afford to pay the tuition at private colleges and universities, writes Paula M. Krebs of the Modern Language Association.

Massive cuts at West Virginia University send a damaging and devastatingly inaccurate message to everyone from students to presidents of other colleges and universities that the humanities, and especially the study of languages and culture, are reserved for those who can afford to pay the tuition at private colleges and universities, writes Paula M. Krebs of the Modern Language Association.

This week, the Secret Teacher talks about what they see as a shift in terms of leadership culture within schools since Covid.