December 01, 2003
More College Students Studying Foreign Languages Than Ever Before
The Modern Language Association (MLA) survey of 2002 Foreign Language Enrollments in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2002 funded by the Department of Education found that more students are studying foreign languages than ever before and that the variety of languages being taught is greater than ever before.
While Arabic, Hebrew and ASL are enjoying the largest percentage increases, the study found a 14.1% increase in Latin, 13.7% in Spanish, and 12.5% in German. Read the entire document (PDF-file)