Languages and Literatures Other Than English

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Languages and Literatures Other Than English report (17 pp.) The field of Languages and Literatures Other Than English (LLE) includes modern languages and literature and comparative literature. In the 2007–08 Humanities Departmental Survey (HDS-1), the survey sample for this field included some departments of classical studies. Because some surveyed departments classified as being within LLE for HDS-1 were reclassified as belonging to Classical Studies for the 2012–13 Humanities Departmental Survey (HDS-2), some totals for the two surveys are not comparable. Departments in the discipline were surveyed for the second time with HDS-2, replying at a 69% response rate (140 of 204 departments).

Overview

  • Number of Departments and Faculty by Carnegie Classification and Highest Degree Offered, Fall 2012 (LLE1)
  • Faculty (overview, all disciplines)

  • Faculty Members by Tenure Status, Fall 2012 (LLE2)
  • Faculty Members by Employment Status and Gender, Fall 2012 (LLE3)
  • Number of Faculty by Carnegie Classification and Highest Degree Offered, Fall 2012 (LLE4)
  • Considerations in Tenure Decisions, Fall 2012 (LLE13)
  • Faculty Tenure Decisions and New Hires (LLE14)
  • Instructor of Record for Undergraduate Introductory Courses, Fall 2012 Term (LLE9)
  • Instructor of Record for All Other Undergraduate (Non-Introductory) Courses, Fall 2012 Term (LLE10)
  • Instructor of Record for All Graduate Courses, Fall 2012 Term (LLE11)
  • Students (overview, all disciplines)

    Undergraduates

  • Bachelor’s Degrees Completed in the 2011-12 Academic Year (LLE5)
  • Number of Juniors and Seniors with Declared Major in as of the Beginning of the Fall 2012 Term (LLE6)
  • Number of Students Completing a Minor during the 2011-12 Academic Year (LLE7)
  • Assessment of Overall Undergraduate Student Learning as of the Fall 2012 Term (LLE12)
  • Graduate Students

  • Number of Graduate Students during Fall 2012 Term (LLE8)
  • Departmental Issues (overview, all disciplines)

  • Availability of Institutional or Departmental Support for Research (LLE15)
  • Departments Offering Online Courses by Carnegie Classification and Form of Control, 2011-12 Academic Year (LLE16)
  • Engagement with Digital Humanities by Carnegie Classification and Form of Control as of Fall 2012 (LLE17)
  • HDS-1 Departments and Faculty Members in Languages and Literatures other than English, by Carnegie Classification and Highest Degree Offered,† Fall 2012

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    † When we added Classical Studies to the second round of the survey, we found that some departments that had been classified as Languages Literatures Other Than English (LLE) in the first round were more appropriately classified as Classical Studies. Data for these departments are now included in Classics. (In parentheses and in purple), we show the number of departments and faculty members inclusive of those departments now classified as Classical Studies. All other data presented in this section exclude those departments. All tests for statistically significant changes were conducted using only the departments that were classified as LLE in both HDS-1 and HDS-2.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Faculty Members at HDS-1 Departments* by Tenure Status, Fall 2012

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Faculty Members at HDS-1 Departments* by Employment Status and Gender, Fall 2012

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Number of Remaining HDS-1 Departments* by Carnegie Classification and Highest Degree Offered, Fall 2012

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change from 2007 data is shown; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Bachelor’s Degrees Completed in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments in the 2011–12 Academic Year

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Number of Juniors and Seniors with Declared Major in Languages & Literatures Other Than English as of the Beginning of the Fall 2012 Term

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Number of Students Completing a Minor in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments during the 2011–12 Academic Year

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    Number of Graduate Students in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments during Fall 2012 Term

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    * These values should not be compared directly with 2007 data since the departments included in the sample changed.
    ** Student figures in this row are as reported by the responding departments, none of which currently offers a graduate degree.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.)

    Instructor of Record for Introductory Undergraduate Courses in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments, Fall 2012 Term

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    * Proportion is significantly different from Primarily Research (for Carnegie Classification) or from Doctorate (for Highest Degree Offered) or from Public (for Form of Control) at the 5% level.
    ** Proportion is significantly different from all other disciplines combined at the 5% level. We used regression analysis for these tests with a binary (0-1) variable for the level of interest. If the coefficient for the binary variable differed significantly from 0, then the interpretation from regression is that the discipline differs from all other levels combined.
    Statistical significance depends on a number of factors, not solely the absolute difference between two values. While differences that are not marked as significant may seem to be the same size as, or even larger than, those marked as significant, they are not statistically significant. The most likely factors contributing to the lack of significance when the absolute difference seems “large enough” are a smaller sample size or a larger variation within that discipline.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.

    Instructor of Record for All Other (Non-Introductory) Undergraduate Courses in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments, Fall 2012 Term

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    * Proportion is significantly different from Primarily Research (for Carnegie Classification) or from Doctorate (for Highest Degree Offered) or from Public (for Form of Control) at the 5% level.
    ** Proportion is significantly different from all other disciplines combined at the 5% level. We used regression analysis for these tests with a binary (0-1) variable for the level of interest. If the coefficient for the binary variable differed significantly from 0, then the interpretation from regression is that the discipline differs from all other levels combined.
    Statistical significance depends on a number of factors, not solely the absolute difference between two values. While differences that are not marked as significant may seem to be the same size as, or even larger than, those marked as significant, they are not statistically significant. The most likely factors contributing to the lack of significance when the absolute difference seems “large enough” are a smaller sample size or a larger variation within that discipline.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.

    Instructor of Record for All Graduate Courses in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments, Fall 2012 Term

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    * Proportion is significantly different from Primarily Research (for Carnegie Classification) or from Doctorate (for Highest Degree Offered) or from Public (for Form of Control) at the 5% level.
    We used regression analysis for these tests with a binary (0-1) variable for the level of interest. If the coefficient for the binary variable differed significantly from 0, then the interpretation from regression is that the discipline differs from all other levels combined.
    Statistical significance depends on a number of factors, not solely the absolute difference between two values. While differences that are not marked as significant may seem to be the same size as, or even larger than, those marked as significant, they are not statistically significant. The most likely factors contributing to the lack of significance when the absolute difference seems “large enough” are a smaller sample size or a larger variation within that discipline.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.

    Assessment* of Overall Undergraduate Student Learning in Languages & Literatures Other Than English in HDS-1 Departments as of the Fall 2012 Term

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    Note: The sum of the four rows in any column may exceed 100% because respondents could select multiple choices.
    * The “assessment” is an aggregate assessment based on examining the results from a given cohort of students in an attempt to examine the effectiveness of a program.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.

    Considerations in Tenure Decisions in Languages & Literatures other than English in HDS-1 Departments, Fall 2012

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    * CC—Carnegie Classification: PUG—Primarily Undergraduate, Comp—Comprehensive, PRes—Primarily Research
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.

    Faculty Tenure Decisions and New Hires in HDS-1 Departments

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    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
    The 95% confidence interval for the change in average per department from 2007 data is provided in italics; the width of the interval indicates the uncertainty in the estimate. “No δ” indicates any change exhibited is not statistically significant.

    HDS-1 Languages & Literatures Other Than English Departments Offering Online Courses by Carnegie Classification and Form of Control, 2011–12 Academic Year

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    *Includes only departments that offer these courses.
    Source: Susan White, Raymond Chu, and Roman Czujko, The 2012–13 Survey of Humanities Departments at Four-Year Institutions (College Park, MD: Statistical Research Center, American Institute of Physics, 2014). Study conducted for the American Academy of Arts Sciences’ Humanities Indicators Project.
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