Ian, thought of you when I read this. Apologies if it's been posted already:
Enrollment in Arab-language courses is on the rise
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-2/109688104699130.xml
mark
Thank you for the link, my father was telling me about this yesterday...
I had not seen a hard copy of the story. It's great news, but the story leaves out the fact that most don't make it past the first year... hopefully the trend of increased enrollment will continue, we need the translators very badly.