CONTENTS

From the Editor

PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROFESSION

Testimony to the Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 9 April 1992
Heidi Byrnes

Characteristics of Foreign Language Requirements at US Colleges and Universities: Findings from the MLA's 1987–89 Survey of Foreign Language Programs
Bettina J. Huber

THE CLASSROOM AND THE CURRICULUM

Second-Language Reading on the Computer
Robert J. Blake

Foregrounding Foreignness in Teaching German Unification: Video as a Tool for Processing Interviews with Berliners in a Study-Abroad Course
Karen Jankowsky

Why Johnny Can't Escribir: Composition and the Foreign Language Curriculum
George D. Greenia

PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES

The MLA Job Interview: What Candidates Should Know
Ann Bugliani

Foreign Language and Liberal Studies: Toward an Equal Partnership
David Sudermann