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Foreign Language Requirements For College Admissions Explained

Great College Advice

The foreign language requirements for college admission are sometimes very confusing. What Is the Foreign Language Requirement for College Admission? While for some high school students learning a foreign language can come quite naturally, for others it can be a painful struggle.

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Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon's Mockery of an "Asian" Language is Emblematic of a Wider Problem in American Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Almost every Asian person has encountered racial mockery by someone aping an Asian language. Chancellor Keon’s performance is emblematic of a wider problem in American higher education: that Asian students are often regarded as a monolithic group of cash cows , plagiarizers and cheaters , objects of ridicule, or all of the above.

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College Board Disputes Florida Claims of Similar Language in African American Studies Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ron DeSantis Last week, Florida's new Board of Education- approved African American history standards came under fire for including language about how "slaves developed skills" that could be used for "personal benefit." In response, Florida officials, including Gov.

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In defense of languages (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In the age of Google Translate and ChatGPT, one might reasonably ask what the goal of learning foreign languages is. I—and my colleagues—would argue that what we teach is not just the vocabulary or rules of a particular language, but the tools of intellectual humility and cultural exchange.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College students who graduate as English majors actually find jobs at about the same rate as those who major in other subjects, according to a recent report commissioned by the Modern Language Association (MLA). In 2018, the median annual earnings for men who are English language and literature majors was about $74,000.

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As such, this global movement has forced us to revisit what and how topics and issues are taught in Pre-K-12 and higher education courses; as such, it has forced us to confront the sources of white supremacy, intolerance, and anti-Blackness and hate based on race and ethnicity. How do we do this? Dr. Donna Y.

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Application of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in language teaching and learning: A scoping literature review - Locky Law, Science Direct

Ray Schroeder

This includes exploring both text-based and multimodal-based tools and their specific applications in language education. As GenAI tools continue to advance, there is a need to address concerns related to data privacy, security, and the responsible use of these technologies in educational settings.