Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the New York Times article, ``Middlebury to Develop Online Language Venture,'' be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the New York Times, Apr. 13, 2010] Middlebury To Develop Online Language Venture (By Tamar Lewin) Middlebury College, a small Vermont college known for its rigorous foreign-language programs, is forming a venture with a commercial entity to develop online language programs for pre-college students. The college plans to invest $4 million for a 40 percent stake in what will become Middlebury Interactive Languages. The partnership, with the technology-based education company K12 Inc., will allow Middlebury to achieve two goals, said Ronald D. Liebowitz, the president of the college: It will help more American students learn foreign languages, an area in which they lag far behind Europeans; and it will give Middlebury another source of revenue. ``We wanted to do something about the fact that not enough American students are learning other languages, and it's harder for students if they don't learn language until college,'' Mr. Liebowitz said. ``It is also my belief, and I think our board's belief, that finding potential new sources of revenue is not a bad thing.…”