外语正卷土重来。适度的?年代ure. Slight? Yes. But a comeback indeed, as enrollment in foreign language majors has been rising steadily, according to the Washington Post. Enrollment in every foreign language has been consistently rising slightly, according to a new survey by the Modern Language Association of America, published in the Washington Post. The trend of all foreign languages rising slightly is fairly new. Language enrollments for French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian and Japanese have been on enrollment roller coasters, experiencing short-lived ups and down in, according to past surveys by the Modern Languag ...Read More About Rise Of Foreign Language Enrollment

The percentage of students taking college courses online has nearly tripled since 2002, according to an article in The Washington Post. The Washington Post cited a study that stated 29% of college students took at least one online course in the fall of 2009, compared to 10% in 2002. The 2010 study, Class Differences: Online Education in the United States, 2010, noted that online education has been growing continuously. Online enrollment increased from 1.6 million in 2002 to 3.2 million in 2005 to 5.6 million i ...Read More About Rise Of Online College Courses

Colleges strive to provide students with the latest, most innovative technology and services, funded through research and development spending. Universities’ research and development spending increased 5.8 percent in 2008, according to the latest National Science Foundation survey, cited by an article in The Washington Post. The private college industry chipped in a relatively small but growing portion of the 5.8 percent. This has been a continuous trend. Research and development spending rose 12 p ...Read More About Research Spending Of American Colleges

President Barack Obama is now encouraging adults to go back to college and receive the degrees they never finished, in hopes of America regaining the lead of producing college graduates, according to an article in The Washington Post. There are an estimated 37 million adults 25-64 who went to college but never graduated. The Lumina Foundation is leading a four-year $14.8 million project throughout America to encourage adults to receive their degrees. The Lumina Foundation will partner with other organizations ...Read More About Increasing College Completion Rates

America was once the leader in postsecondary degrees. However, in recent years it has fallen far from the top. The Lumina Foundation for Education placed a goal in 2008 for a college completion rate of 60 percent by 2025. America will not reach that goal, according to an article in The Washington Post. The foundation claims to be the first organization to set this benchmark, which was later adopted by President Barack Obama and other education administrators. &n ...Read More About The American Education Gap