ur path forward to greater economic stability and social
well-being will require more, not less, in the way of cultural
understanding and linguistic dexterity. We need to work
across academic departments within universities and colleges
to achieve the kind of interdisciplinarity that is envisaged for
undergraduate education. I can think of no better conduit for
such an enterprise than the UC Language Consortium. For
nearly a decade, the Consortium has been plowing the rich,
interdependent field of language and trans-cultural learning,
and very successfully. A grass roots movement organized,
led, and largely funded by campus leaders who have come
together in common cause, it has a proven track record
leveraging investment in language learning, research, and
instruction on all of the UC campuses. The Consortium has
the means to assemble expertise from across the state and
nation and bring it to bear on language issues in California.
—DANIEL GREENSTEIN, Vice Provost
Academic Planning, Programs and Coordination (Feb 6, 2009)
Academic Planning, Programs and Coordination (Feb 6, 2009)