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Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Summer 2016 and Fall 2016: Preliminary Report
By Dennis Looney and Natalia Lusin
Published by the Modern Language Association

Since 1958, the Modern Language Association (MLA) has gathered and analyzed data on undergraduate and graduate course enrollments in languages other than English in United States colleges and universities. The previous census, the twenty-third, examined language enrollments in fall 2013. In 2016, the MLA conducted the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth censuses simultaneously, covering summer 2016 and fall 2016. This is the first time since 1971 that the MLA has gathered data on summer enrollments.

From 1958 through 2009, the MLA conducted its censuses with the support of the United States Department of Education. In 2013, the census was partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Security Educational Program, and in 2016 it was partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This report is the first of two that will analyze the findings of the 2016 MLA language enrollment censuses. This preliminary report presents our findings in broad terms; the fine-grained analysis will follow in the full, second report.

Access the report at https://www.mla.org/content/download/83540/2197676/2016-Enrollments-Short-Report.pdf