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Throughout its history, the Monterey Institute of International Studies has sought to attract the highest caliber of well-qualified, internationally-oriented students. As the Institute’s programs in areas such as international business and international environmental policy have expanded in recent years, a significant number of students who are highly qualified in every other respect to attend MIIS have been rejected because they are unable to meet the language proficiency requirement.

In an effort to address this issue while maintaining its strong commitment to language proficiency and content-based language instruction, the Institute today announced a pilot program that will provisionally admit certain well-qualified incoming students who have not had previous language training and/or have not reached the 300 level required for advanced language study. Admission of these students would be conditional on their commitment to attend either Middlebury Summer Language Schools or Monterey’s Summer Intensive Language Program during the summer prior to their initial enrollment. Upon successful completion of their summer language courses, they would be permitted to begin their graduate coursework in Monterey.

For fall 2011, this pilot program will be open only to students studying Spanish or Arabic. If the pilot program is successful, the Institute may expand it in the future to students studying other languages. Students admitted under this modified requirement may also qualify for the recently-announced Betty and David Jones Language Scholarships.

Prospective students are encouraged to review the program-specific admission requirements for more information.

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Jason Warburg
jwarburg@middlebury.edu
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Eva Gudbergsdottir
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