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| Title | Article: Surge of Arabic Students Outstrips Teacher Supply |
| Body | From http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-09-04-arabic-teachers_N.htm Surge in students studying Arabic outstrips supply of teachers By Tali Yahalom, USA TODAY September 5, 2007 A shortage of Arabic-language teachers across the country is shedding light on a classic economics question: What happens when there is plenty of demand and not enough supply? Since 9/11, the number of students interested in the Middle Eastern language has been skyrocketing. More than 20,000 people in the USA enrolled in an Arabic-language higher-education program in 2006, double the number who signed up from 1998 to 2002, according to projections from a study the Modern Language Association expects to release this fall. "Other languages will show an increase (in the fall report), but the only language that might be as dramatic as Arabic might be Chinese," says association executive director Rosemary Feal. Read the entire article at http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-09-04-arabic-teachers_N.htm . |
| Source | USA Today |
| Inputdate | 2007-09-16 10:52:23 |
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