April 27, 2007
A Failure to Communicate
Despite pressure from government and industry, universities do not produce enough graduates fluent in 'critical languages'
Not quite three years ago Alaa Elgibali, a professor of Arabic and linguistics, was hired away from the American University in Cairo to transform the Arabic program at the University of Maryland's main campus here.
He has expanded enrollment to 185 from 28 and is helping to develop more courses on the languages and cultures of the Middle East, which will be
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