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Higher Education Programs

Institutional Characteristics

Historically underserved learners

Languages

Location of School - City

Location of School - State

Type of Institution

Classification of Institution

Minority Serving Institution

Recruit historically underserved learners

Language is a requirement

Improve ACCESS for all learners in more languages

Implement strategies to retain historically underserved learners

Obstacles to enrollment

Increase ACCOUNTABILITY through transparency and documentation

Publish description of program goals and requirements

Workforce Preparation Activities

Publicize efforts to increase historically underserved student enrollments

Publicize definition of student success

Levels of language offered

Conduct language assessments

Provide co-curricular offerings

Instructional Strategies and Approaches

Support co-curricular collaboration

Keys to Access and Accountability

Recruit faculty from HUL communities

Support faculty professional development

Partnerships with community

Partnership with education

Partnership with philanthropic foundations

Offer language immersion opportunities

Provide financial assistance

Participate in US federal government programs

  • Portland State University

    We adjust course offerings so that students can gain proficiency as rapidly as possible. For example, we offer both regular-paced and intensive first-year Russian during the academic year, and we offer third-year Russian both… … Read More

  • Portland State University

    We adjust course offerings so that students can gain proficiency as rapidly as possible. For example, we offer both regular-paced and intensive first-year Russian during the academic year, and we offer third-year Russian both… … Read More

  • University of Utah

    The Utah Bridge Program focus is centered on supporting access to bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural citizenship, and meeting each student’s potential in college pathways. The University of Utah partners with our state's… … Read More

  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    To address the state-wide need to prepare teachers of less commonly taught languages, the Graduate Certificate/M.A.T. in Foreign Language Education offers teacher licensure in American Sign Language, Arabic, Cherokee, Chinese,… … Read More

  • Sitting Bull College

    Sitting Bull College strives for educational equity, diversity, and inclusion in scholarly activities by cultivating opportunities for collaboration and community to create, model, apply, and practice the Ochethi Sakowin values,… … Read More

  • The Ohio State University

    Building partnerships with local school districts. … Read More

  • Sisseton Wahpeton College

    The Dakota Studies Department at Sisseton Wahpeton College provides multiple avenues for learning the Dakota language, including a Dakota Language Teaching Certificate, which prepares students to teach the Dakota Language and… … Read More

  • Ilisagvik College

    The Iñupiaq Studies Program at Iḷisaġvik College offers students an opportunity to pursue certifications in Iñupiaq culture and language and lead the way to complete an Associate of Arts degree. The program incorporates Iñupiaq… … Read More