0i2" -THE VIRGINIA REPORT ON THE FOREIGN LANGUAGEDISCIPLINE

ATTHE end of 1984. lhc CouncitofHigher Educalionof the Codmonwealrh of Virginia. rhe coordjnarinsbody fo. the natc'scolleges and univeEities, decideu LolanDch a hish level, comprehensive srudy ofthe srarusoflhe lorcisD languaee disciplinetn Virginia. Thesrudysould cover the sralus of rbe discipline in alt rscrLyth.ee conmuniry colleses as wel as in all the $aresuppo!1ed seDior uni!e6ities and colleges_, Sim arrepo'ls had recenlly been issued and dist.jbuted on rhefields of compuier scicnce, reacher prepararion, and devclopmenLal English. Aut this $,as ro be rhe first umeVnginia would systematically evaluate the srare of thea.t

'n a major discipline in rhe arr! and scienccs. The

ea.l,cr reporls had rcceived ivide arrention both withinthe srale and nalionally. One ofthem. on the computersciences, played a sisnificani role in prsuading lhe Vir-sinia lgislature to help fturd rh pu.chase ofthe escntialhardsare io. collegelryct compurer insrruction, andrt tra! ltlt thal a meaningful repon on the foreign tan-guascs mishr crcate similar .cverberariols in iundingandabole all in heighkning public awareness.

Accordingly, the Virgilia Task Force on Foreign LaDguaees, a hishJevel lbtrrteen-member commission ofcducator! and corporate lad.s, was ca.efully setectedby trc councilto prepa'e rhe report.. Eichteen monthslale., ihe rask rbrcc presenled an aplroxinratety rhree-huidred page documeDt. Thc.epon reccjved videspreadro.ar and narional public auenrion. 'the Richnon.lTines Dispatch, p.obably rhe stare's nost influe!uardaj ty, publ ished an ediror ia lon 13 May 1985, concruo

virsinia\ sludenbna! nevcr njcel ET, but $ith lhc\o.ldmore and dore beconnne agtobll!iltagc, ihechanccs a,ribat Ihct slll ha!. to deat, cirhcr.ooperatilely or co!,p.r i r i * l rwirhpeoplewiosFeakdj t t$enr lansuasesdndarc lro.r drve6. cullures. ll itie schooh aDd co eecs donlprcpare rhem lor rhele closc c.countc6, rhey sitl be solonguc tied thet mighr aswcll be trying tose| a ModotT

rhe repon, cnrirled,,ln}lssesshent oJ thc FareqnIansrase Dis.ipline in t/iginia\ Stdte Suppofterl Llstituti.)ks olHishet Educatior, analy2e! !hc srate of lansuag tachire in thc senior public innirurions and theIwo rea. insrilurions. It identiiies ksues facing thefrotession and concludcs wirh spccific recommendat1on5. A stong casc is madc for rhe tbreign tanguaeedilcipliDe ar a major and eve! cenrral componenr of aliberal a s education, as a culturally broadentue

r-poien.e ibr inhabitlnrs ol Lhc wodd durnrs the l9E0s

ADI_I B![ ! r rN, 17, No t , Sr.rLrurR ]985 lE

Jack Katbeft and John E. Munul

and 1990s, and as a useful loot fof persons who will beinvolved in inrerc!lturally and jnrernarionalty orienrcdprolassions in busine$, trade, commerce. govern!,crr,tourisft, an4 comnlnicarions_ The task fo.c\ findinssreveal !hat, although virgilia_s univEities and colleeeshavc allmade eloquenr slatements abour theimpo.tarceand Lrseiulnelr offoreign language study, manyoftheme'ther are ]ax in enlorcing requirements and srandardsor else have permitred thcm ro disintcgrate in the vakeofstudertand faculry prcssures duringlhe sevenlics. Vi.-ginia\ i.stir!rions have trcated tanguages with uncyen,lnconssleri attcntion. A ftu.--. haveenfo.ccd rieorous en-l rdn(e ard e\ i r r .q r i reapr ' . . VJnr hi \F bcer ' 'e, t r6-r 'or dosnr ish pe n. . . r \c. Po.!e. ot . r re- l rh in ta r . o! .teaching exist here and rhere aloneside areas ofincredr

The rask fo.ce has proposed a sysematic a.d coheFent plan oi action en'bodied in fifty{ix recommenda-tions involvins the whole spcclfum of hicher e.lucationas well as specific institutions. A leneihy:ppendi\ conrdi l . inr r ion^! . . l rL a a y. . . rno .e.ommcrdar ion, .Each insriturion is sludied fron rhc pojnr otview of.quirenents lor adnission, graduation, and placemenrand p.oficincy testingt curficula for majors, mn,ors.and graduare srudy: acceterared forcign languagescourses; interdisciplinary p.oeramsi rhe clalsicat lan-guages and lhe ls commonly taughr languagesi ctassrze; instructional !upport; loreigr srudy and cxchangcp.osransith qualifications oiand suppo lbr the roreign language fa.ulty; the use ofpart time faculry anool g.aduate lcachirg alsistanrs; lhe necd for tanguasme!hodologi!rsi faculry sork Ioad and satariest facuftydevelopmeDri systenrwide coordination in rhe cod!runity colleges: thc nced for cenrcrs of foreign languageiccllen.e; and articLlarioD ber{een rhe posrsecondaryinstitutions and the presecondary schooh and busjncses

On 5 June 1985 dre board ofrhe srare council adopicdthe slstcnNide .cconrnendat ions and suggcsted thar ir

Ja.k Kalbc k Chan aJ th. Dirisian oJ Hrnanitt.s aM ro-.iul S.i.ncetat Pic.tr1.nl Viryntia Ca,t,unn! a:oltele. JahnE. Mobtdt k Coo lndtar of hrstitutiahut Apprcra! und Libtdrj PlanhihsJot !hc ynsinia Coun.i! af Hicho Et".attun.'Jhe a"thorse^.d 6 cochdirs a_f nrc vntinja Thsk Fol.a on

a foreign lansuase as aa bachelor's p.ogram.

t '2. / - Zcstitutions consider implementing lhen during the nx1tlucc yars. Ihe board ever we.t one step further thanrhelask force had da.ed logo. While the task lorce hadurged rhat foreisn lancuage studybe required lor grad!arior in BA or BS programs only' the board felt it wastime 1o recommend a language rcquiredent ibr gradu_r"on : r d/1bdcl c.o, . p ogBT.. IncluJing ho\P 1 business, eneinccrins, fine arls, music, and educalion. Onrhe orher hand, whereas the task lorce rport calh forrlnee years of one language or lwo years each ol twohnguages as a minimum .equirement for entrance, rhestale council board has modified this proposal to enable those collcces aith open admissions (mainly the.or . , ,Lni , ) ro. l (de\ J d d lc$ of rhe

'e ' ior

Lni \ r r . i_' iF J ,o Jdn' i , pcr.ur ' s\o cou.d nor nee' r l 'e requiement. Such pe$onssould, howryer, bespected to study

ln all, lhe Virginia repor! may well be ihc lirsl ltudvofthk scope ever underlaken by asingle stat. lts repeFlu*ror ' d e e\pecred ru be tel tor md j )ea . ro.o1re.and, a\ ' ' i , implcnenred. r \e Fporr .Jnnor ta I ro e dvigorale lorign language progrMs throuehout the slarcIt is hoped that the V;ginia report will becone a nodellor dany other states and, as such, have historic implicaljons lor American higher edrcalion.

The report contains an executive summary (threepasct, ti! chaptes, tour appendixes, and lhe minulesol aclion by the board of the Coulcil of Higher Educaljon lor Virsinia at ils meeiins of 5 June 1985.Reproduced below is chapler 5, the summary chapter

Virginia Rport

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dccades the forciSn language discipline hascrperiencc! a sienificam decli.e in many parts olthe nalronI hjs hr\ bccn ar a rime, nonically, when the United Stateshasa$urcd an increasnrsly active role in world aiiairs and nultinarionalenlilies. vnginia\ record in the ioreien Ianguaee dis_.ipline has bccn betler than arerase. Durins rhe 1960's andl9r0\, mos shleJ se.ond ary school e nro llmetrc in ioreisnla.euases have bee. scverely eroded vncinia enrollnena in thecla$ical and nodcr langulscs, hotrever, haverenaincd seneFallr sable. Moreolcr, in contast with rhe *holesale abandon_nenr ol la.guage requnemcns in colleges and unive6niesrhrcuehout tbe nation, a portion ol vnginias post secondarvnrtiturions have trained toreig.lanEuage stldv as a prccon-dition lor adnrission and sraduation ln sone de8rce prcaEms

Fo{unatel), Ihe downward spnal appeas to nave halled nationalb, and in many slares rhe inFrcst in foEian languaee srudvhas besun lo incEase sisnificanny. The Task !o(. belides n,2rrhe rine has come lor the loreisn lansuase disciplinc in theCodno.\vealth to undergo conplete Evitaliatjon VnarniatirEritutions ot hiEh( cducarion dusr prcpare rheir gdduaresboth ro runcrion cifectively as libcrauy educared cnizens ofatrec society and ro $ork i. a rapidly shrinking inlenralionalcnvnonmeni. Tbe Trsk Forccrhcrelore calls upon vnsinia's in_. ' L, i ! r "o I .c lT* l .e dr lhe\rrnreoscofAmericcn

highe.cducat ionbyreerph!siz inerhcimportanceoi !hefoFeis. lansuaecdiscipline.

To rlris end, the Tlsk Forcc has nade a nunber ol rccom_nrendarions. One Sroup of recommendario.s, prcsented nCh!nter4, addrcssesis$res in rhe disciplinc rhal afie.! the enrire systcn olpublic hisher educarionin lhe Connonwealth,\norlrer Broup oi reconncndalions, iound in Appendn I, isaddresed ro !he individual public institutions. Alicr consideFable discusion and Fflection. the ]nsk force bas selecred alnnncdnunberof reconoendarionsrharme tspecialempha-sis. ll rhese recommendatio.s arc adopted and implenenled,drere is no doubr th.i the loEign lanauage discipline willun_deeo subsamial revnalizarion in vireinia.

vnsnria has been among theleadins states in terms ofpei.cmaec of nish school nudent cnrolled in foEisn laquasecourses, and rhe nudy of loreicn lansuases at the secondary

level {ill be cncourased fudher by ihc rcqunenrent olthe newAdvanced Srudies Diplona curiculum. In order lo Iake adlantase ollhis novenenl and Io easelhe pejsure upon vir-cinits insrnurions ol hisher educalion to ofer introductorylanslagecounes tha! nore Frop.rly belonc at the secondarylevel, tnc Task Force recommcnds that

Each senior innirution, as soon as posible and by no laterrhan Fall 1988. requte lhar all malriculating studenls havccompleted at rhe secondary Iryel either two yeas ofeach oI1"o loreign lansuases or (prefedbly) lhrec ycas ofone foF

The study of iorcign lancuaces is a .ental conponent ollibenl edu.alion. lt is also increasinsly uselul and nece*aryin rhe r- .p"r"r ioo lo. o 'o e"ror" Jr d bu. i0e. .q.ec'

' 'i crnarional sociely. Thc Task l'orce rheEfore recodlncnds lhal

l - - \ 'er ior .nJ.rn 'on "

oor d. po no,. reqr i e r_i l_nLrorrso)ecr,o i roJ,or r . eqLi .a. .nr . nor. io e '9.language lor all baccalaureare posrans leading to the aachelor of Ans or Bachelor of science decree.

Each senior institution encourase srudenh enroued i. allorher baccalaureate prcgrans tocomplete at least one (andpr. er"bi) r i r , \e" ' . or . rudJ of

" fore.gn l r .gLase

l a. l rvore. io i . rur ,o i d .oor d\ po . ib. .e. tu.re d '

lo rudJ. o r ' eq r i \ r leor

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o . ro rlanauace for all collcce{mnsfer degre ptucrrdsElen thouah anincErsing perce.laee ofmatriculating iu-

dents will have $udied one or norc lorcign languases at these.ondary level, sone ofthem wi cnoosc lo bqin lhe sludyola new language in collc8c. tsccause intoductory lelel loFeicn languase couGes are desisned to prcvide a sccurc foun-dation in the auml/oral skills, the Task Fo erecodncnds thal

AIIinroductory level foreisn lansuasecourses consisti at aminihun, ol lour clas conhct hou6 per {eek plus onc hourper seek ol languagc labohtory or small group oral drill

One inpodant rcsult oflhe nudy oflorcien lansuaces is lhedevelopnent oia multi cullural petrpcclile and an "inrena

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tional 1iter.cy." Moreovcr, ihe inreraction or lhe io.eisn tanSuages *ilh odrer disciplines slrengrhens rhe intcrnarional andcro* clltural pcspcctive of rhe enrne curiculum. The Taskrorce therefore rc.ommends thal

Eacb ln$itutio.,lo rhe haximun dre.t po$iblcj incorpoEteinro il\ loMFlcvel loreign lan8lage cufticulln a multjcuhural and inlcrnarional pcsDecrj!e.Each inniturion encoura!e.ll disciplincs an.t deparlrben6ro ensure that nuhi cultlral and i.remarionatle(pecrircsare incofporared in then curicula ilrroush rhe esrablishmenroi aDDropriare liaisons wnh lhe toreisn la.guace dcparrmenr.The Cla*ical lansuases rraditionallrr have been bor,, u,c

mns oftansmilrine the hunanislic conccpts ot lvesern civilizarion a.d an imponam contiibllor ro rhc lbeml ans disciplincs. There is rc.esed inrercn in rhe nudy ot Larjn ar rnesecondary Icvel, and this has led ro a.rirjcat jho aae otqudn-lied ialin Icachc6 in Virgi.ias high schooh. The lisk Fore

The senior ins!ilutions, when resourccs and anricipared enrollments perniri d$,elop a major prosra'n in Cta$icatStudies, *helher leading ro a bac..tanreaie dcgree in Cla$sical LanEUases or in Interdisciplinary Sludies, whose eu,-1, | .m. 'c, ' .

' le eq. icr Fr r . ro lTrraJ.enror,)eg.obJ.o

-rqod, . 'o,emer

or Ancr_can busine$ into inrernarional narters, espccialty jn the pa. Br

" . l " .er , t lqh.e. Ithe le$-com6only tau8hr languagcs. M!ny ofVireinia's pnb-li. innirliions nos offer lore. lsel couses in iheselaneuatscs,and rhe Task lorce recommcnds lhal

The i.nnurions, ro lhc exrent cnro henr demand dndrcsources pcfnirj expand rict totrer tcvcl cou^e off.nnssrn lhc lels commonly rausht lareuages ro tull baccatau,c-

Thc preDaration ofwell qualilicd tansuase rca.hers tor ricseco.darr schools becomes eren noreinpo.lanras toreign tan-b' dg. lLdJ i l v rg jo. . h igL . , l ou| . r ' . ^ j .p. Ihe 11.{ tor-ebclieves that a sreciai prosran should bc cstablkhed, whichcombincs advanced rainins in lhc targer tangua8e $irh srudyxr ihe l.rget counrrx and therefore fcconnends rhar

Plannins bcgin immediarety ior ihc cslabtnhmenr of a ccr-ter lorthc prepararion ofsecondary s.hoot reaclcs offoFer3. langlaec whole training incorporares boih tan8uageinnru.rion at lhe enduale level and one year ofsrldy in tlre

Thc.onrinued inDrovement and !nahy otthe foreisnlanSuaEe disciplinc requies rbar Virginia\ lca.he^ offorcian l.n-guaecs, wherher in rhe innirurioN ot hishd cducalion.r a,rhe recondary lerel, mai.lain rbet rc.chins skitls ai a hich telelof Drcfesional derelopmonr. ln ordcr ro providc a rocus rorthis acrivity, as sell as ro scrve as a ncans ot disscmnr.rncrntbrn.tion on ncw developmcnn in innrucrionat |echnotogxthc hsk lorce rcconfrends tlial

One or nor Centq(, for Excetlence in Foreien Lana!4sl.nnrcrion be enabtished.The virsinia Comm!nity Cotlesc Sysred devctop a.dornn. l ! r 'd.L ' r1h {ra.r 'a io n.roe31

' r .dceeduca.on, and c{.bllsh a posnion in rhc.eitnl offjcc 0

a/. i ' '1 - 7.oordrnate and 6sisi lhe ddelopoent ofthc foreign la.gla8edscipline rhrouahout ihe synen.ln the past, seleraldegrec programs in spccific ioEiSn tan,

auaces h,ve been tefminared by rhe Council otHisherEducanon becausc rhe! failed ro

'.eetnjnimun sGndards rordecrceprodoch!ity or !ppeFlcvcl enrollnens. The pincipal resuh ottheseaclions hasbeen to redlcelhe oppo u.itics to.p,rprrine.ert i i iedlanguaseiea.hc6forrhesccondarys.hoo\. ThcTask Force therefore recomncnds rhar

T\c '

o 'o. i l o HrChe tdu-,on, r t , I rc.e\ i .g r teproducdvny oia ioreiSn laneuage degra proAdm, iake jnro

account lhe eilccr ol rerninaririg lhe proeraD upon rheproduction ofceflificd language tca.hers ior Virainja\ scc

I i o l ! io l . t . a r le. , : . . r n e n d d io r . br r . t " mmediatc luluF ihc Coomonscalrh wilt need ro iNreaseir::uppoa for drc roreisn lansu,se disciptine a.d, indeed, th.liberalans rn gencral. These r..odmendations unde*landabty harccoi inplicarionsr a{ldirional racul!j- posirions ro lcconmodalethe anricipated {udenr enrollnenls, moE rcatisrjc tevch ofsuppon lor tacu hy pro fe$ional devctopment, inprolcd jnjruct io.alsupponi .c ludinsl .nguasetaboraloiesandcompureF

Ncvcnhete$, even in rines ot limiredE o' | .c. .Vi .Ci1d' . . q lqd\ .1dr i ' r

'pro J-daJ qr.ot .oT

mnnenl ro i.s educarionat innirutions, and rhe tisk Forcebe.licves thar wharn recommends is boih rcatisrjc and nece$a,y.Iho qualiiy oi higher education in rhe libcrat ans n at nake.

n r aDDareni lliar nor all oi the insriturions can adoDl allol rh. rcconmendations as an illcgrrt group. Sone may loLbale rhe mources to adopl hoE rha. a s6altnumber oflhcm.The apprcpriare adminihtors ar each nxrirulion ard jn thccenlml adtoinnrarion ofrhc Vireinia Conrmunity ColegcSysren wrll need to exanine carefLrlly the ftcomnrcndarions con- i .J:n \" 'ep rdrdnqi . ' - r '^q ' r ip.h .e. . r r re. ,qnh lhei.educalionalsoahan!linstituli.n!t Esource\. They

will nced ro estabtish schedutcs and nraregi.s tbr inplemcnelron that vary lrom campus to cahpus. Despite these connraints, the Task Force believcs rh.r lhe in{itutio.s U!reipond io lhe (cadily increasirg .lrionat-a.d j,uccunalervjde demand rhal the foreiln language dilciplirc benfensrhencd. SuFlylhc nario.atjnrcrcn requncs thar lhb uc-mand be iakcn seriously.

Nor is theTask Forenakine a Ftea only o. behalioiscneraledrcation or lhc libeal arts. !Vhiie re!ognizirg rhe centnl irDonance of foreiCn languages as part olge.eratedu..rion, thcTast Forcestfesses thar tre nudrr ofrhis disciptinc k esenrarfor bany ofdre profesions in a $orld thal g.oss sna er arusmaller The rke ofslobal nrddependenc!: inrercuhuml a.drniernalional coomunicarions. and ln$ mrional busines a.d'ndunrr, cannot beisnored. Craduares of virsjnia\publrc rniirurons of hisher educarion aace a hiehl) conrpetlilereorrd.Theymun be prcvided enh a. cdu..rio. rhar \yiltarn rhcnlro. lhk knrd ol world. As SecErary oa Educarion wiliia!, tr.

Do not Jear the {orld roo nuch. lnke tine io nake nrar-kindyour busnress: read litcratuE, srudyhisrory, kno$ Fhilosoplryj learn lanEUages. You witt find rhar the human,!c\and olher liberal ads Lrill hclp lou succecd, ,nd prctu, n,any care$ or endearor.

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NCIIES

The public innnurions ol higher educ.tion in Vnsinia nrcllde Christophcr Nc$Don Coll, Clinch Vdlley Coll., CcoracNiason Uni!:, Janres Madison Unil., Lon8sood Coll., NlarywJ

' ,son' LNo ol

' ,e.r . i . .uoDo" ' ' ln. ! ,Radford Uni!:, Univ. of virsinia, virginia ConnnonRealrhUnir, vnrini! Mihary lnn., Vncinia Polytcch.ic lnn lndStare Irni!., vnenri. Srare U.iv, Coll. oi william and Marrand thc ttrenty lhreelso lear conrn nily collcges of rhe ViFginia Conmuriry Collcle Synern as *ll as rhe $ro tcar

lNlembers of thc VngnriaTask For.e on Foreign languaecs\."r Dor r a. rv. Al l n. l r -1 1. ' i iL. ' . | , , \ o \ isn:" :Jane N. Cox, Supervisor, Foreisn Lansuages, Henri.oCoudryPublic S.boolsi Herman K. Do$vald, Asoc. Dcan, coll. ofArts and Scicnccs, Vnairia Polylechiic lnn. and Slatc Umv.lJanes J. llercher, Ast. Vicc-Prcs. lor A.adenic Afans, Ceorg.\ l i on r ' , , \ \ I 'J1\ urq). i o ' .n e. lndu. rr l l t I on. . .Busincs Croup, Cener!lEleclric Co.i Jack Kolbcit (cochan),Chair, Hunannid ard Social Sciences, Piednronr v snna.onm aol . : kob - r r l . . . r . t

"n. .Mr! i .onr 'n. ,

/.1. /.- .i 1t c/

John E. Nlolnar (cochair), coordniaror ol Inniturio.al Approuland Library Pla.nina, Vir8iniaCouncil orHi!h.r Educa lioni CeolfEy c. Onh, Cerman, LonseoodColl.i LiDdaC.Reillx A$oc. Provos, Coll. olWilliam and l\larytJohn B. Ralhttrr, A$o.. Dean, Schoolol Lansuage Sludies, Foreisn Ser' i . . In . D.rr o \ r1( u-orge , . . ^ ' L. | \ . . .vice Pres. Gcrntd), A. H. Robins Co.t Paul L. Thornpror,Chdir, Languaacs and Lneratures, Vir8inia Starc Uni!.i Hele.\\h(nid Burke, A*oc Dir, Forcig.I a.guagei, Viqinia Dcfr.

\IORKS CITED

Be.nelr, \lilliam l. "co Ahead, M.jor in rie Libcral A s "Ytoshinqlon Pol 1l Jad 1985: 87.

virennaTask Force on Foreign Laneuaecr. ,,1, ,.1$d$rrdrl o/thc I:orciEr L.tnquut:e Dis.ipln. in lhgihids StataSuppaned lnstitutiorsoJ Hither E.lu.ation. A Reparl t.the Cauntil oJ ttEhet Etrcati.n and Viryinid\ Stotesrqrorle.t Inslnutions al LIEhet Etucution. Ricnnond:cour.il or Hther Education, NIay 1935.

NEH Institute-The Romans:Their Language, Their Lives

The National Endowmell fof the Humanities has re-cently funded a national institute. cosponsored by theUniversity of Ceorsia and lhe American Clasicalt rdeue rrd de' ig led ro J 'engrLlen I r r 1 in. I | uc ron r lAmerica's secondary schooh and 1o help reliele fteshortage of certified Latin teachers. The instiftte consists of two intensive five week summer sessionr, to bheld on the Unive6ity oi Ceorsia campus during ihesummers of l9E6 and 198?, wilh a variety ofcontinuaiion and follow'up aclivities scheduled for the 1986-87ard l08- 88 a. ademi. \ed\ Pdir ic ipdr ' s: ,e.e \e in-slruction in the ]anguage and in aspects of lhe civillzation, history, and lilerarure oflhe Romans, cenlerjng onthe fteme "From Republic to Enpire."

Eligible to appiy are currenr teachers of Lali! orprotpeclive leache6 rho have a firm, prelerably contractual, commilment to teach Latin beginning in 1986o. 1987 and who have some background in Latin but

lack cedificalion jn the subjcr. Parricipanrs successti ly.ompler ine rhe korN reqJi?d in he.n. . i re" re. . . rethirty-five quarter hours ofnonresidenr credit tfom rheUniversity of Ceorgia.

Institute participants will feceiv rhe follo{ine sup-port: fullwaiver ofiuition; alltextbooks; roon, boafd,and a S200 weekly stipcrd during each of ttie two rve-spel .unrme'r . \ io l \ : | |dn Do . io1 .u. ! a\-rdg 1J$ll0 ior each summerse$lon and for Lhe two day mid-year (Feb.uary 1987) and posrinstituie (Decedbcr 198?)conferences. The panicipa.fs home school or schootdisirict is required to provide 5200 roward rhe cosrs ofeach summer session as *eilas releascd tnne for alEx.lance at the midyear and posrinsrirute conterenccr,

Persons desiring funher information or applicarionmaterials should wrire ro rhc projecl direcror RichardA. LaFleDr, Cla$ics Dept., Uni{ oi ceorgia, Alhens30602, or call LaFleur or the project adminisirarivcassislant, Mary Wells Ricks, belween 9:00 a.m. andli(x) p.m. at (,1O1) 542t261- Deadline lor receipr oicom-pleted applications is I April 1986.

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