American interests include developing experts in the languages and cultures of other nations, and the study of more obscure languages and cultures may need to be subsidized to have sufficient experts ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona championed multilingualism for all students, as well as improved programming for the nation’s English learners. One of the last major projects he ...

The U.S. Department of Defense is withdrawing funding for more than a third of the 31 language flagship programs it supports at 23 universities across the country. The move, which a department ...

For 67 years, the Department of Education has administered grants to universities to create centers devoted to foreign languages and area studies, a field focused on the study of the culture of a ...

When a judge ordered the Trump administration in September to restore Harvard’s federal funding, programs that received foreign language study grants through the Education Department breathed a sigh ...

Due to budgetary issues and low attendance, West Virginia University plans to ax most of its foreign language classes and majors. While some language courses will still be available for students as ...

Statewide conversations about high school graduation requirements could spur changes to programs that advocates say are applicable to many careers: world languages. The Indiana Department of Education ...

Indiana University's Honors Program in Foreign Languages has been put on indefinite hiatus. Declining enrollment and changes in the international education landscape were cited as reasons for the ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...