February 20, 2004

Bill Would Provide Funds for Colleges to Develop Specialized Language Programs

By MICHAEL ARNONE

A Congressional inquiry into the September 11, 2001, attacks found that more American college students study ancient Greek than Arabic, Korean, Farsi, and Pashto combined.

That is despite the fact that the U.S. government deems the study of those four and other languages as crucial to national security. Farsi is the official language of Iran, and Pashto is an official language in Afghanistan. U.S. Rep. Rush D. Holt, a New Jersey Democrat, has introduced a bill to award federal grants

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