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Taking stock of German studies in the United States : the new millennium /

"Despite cuts in the past decade, enrollments in US German programs have increased modestly, a fact that surely has to do with the importance of Germany and its language on the world stage. The contributors to this volume examine the factors shaping German-language study in the new millennium,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Halverson, Rachel J., 1961- (Editor), Costabile-Heming, Carol Anne (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2015.
Series:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Subjects:
German language > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
German language > Study and teaching.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: challenges and opportunities for the study of German / Rachel J. Halverson and Carol Anne Costabile-Heming
  • German studies: the short version / Frank Trommler
  • Curriculum.
  • Ten years of the "Making of modern Europe"
  • Language, history, and culture: a retrospective / Lynne Tatlock
  • Medieval studies within German studies: the Nibelungenlied and Hartmann von Aue's Der Arme Heinrich / Albrecht Classen
  • Initiatives.
  • Thriving in the new normal: meeting the challenges of doing more with less in twenty-first-century German studies / Kathleen Condray
  • Responding to a changing profession: a reflection on AATG programs and their effects on German at a liberal arts institution / Gregory Wolf
  • EIKK: a case for professional development / Rachel J. Halverson
  • The KEFKO Summer Seminar in Leipzig: making sense of the proficiency assessment to articulate program curriculum and study abroad / Regina Braker
  • Research.
  • Leadership and its ripple effect on research / Aleidine J. Moeller and Sheri Hurlbut
  • Woher und wohin? Twenty-six years of Die Unterrichtspraxis/teaching German / Kurt R. Buhanan and Glenn S. Levine
  • Matching student and teaching perceptions for the retention of university German students / Teresa R. Bell
  • "Guidelines" for future professionals: a case for graduate training in assessment / Traci S. O'Brien
  • The new millennium.
  • Enhancing and sustaining university German programs through consortium building / Lynn Marie Kutch
  • An immodest proposal: re-envisioning German studies through European integration / Martin Kagel and William Collins Donohue
  • Selected bibliography
  • Notes on the contributors.