III Periodic Review of Centers (Academic Policy 100.0)
English Language Programs
(English Language Institute)

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A. Written Report Summary:

1. Purpose & Objectives:

English Language Programs (ELP) houses two units, the English Language Institute (ELI), and intensive (20 hours a week), non-credit-bearing English for Academic Purposes program taught on the traditional semester time table and English Language Summer Programs (SP), stand-alone, English language institutes organized primarily for students from our international exchange partners. The English Language Institute is an Academic English, College Preparation course designed for students who want to matriculate into an American college or university and whose English skills are not adequate for admission. Not only do students get the English skills required of UM students, but they are taught study skills necessary for success in an American open-enrollment university; they re taught to be independent learners who know how to access the learning support facilities on a college campus. Primarily, ILI serves as a recruiting tool for UM international/out-of-state students.
Summer Institutes can range in function from English language and American culture courses to teacher training institutes organized under contract with foreign governments. The summer programs should be included in the review because must be reviewed in conjunction with ELI because financially support the English Language Institute work.

2. Activities:
English Language Institute offers 20 hours of instruction a week every semester, fall, spring, and summer (approximately 25 students a term). There are three levels of instruction offered: low intermediate, intermediate, and advanced intermediate. Advanced classes will be offered in the future dependent on international student applications to graduate programs. Enrollment in ELI courses is anticipated to increase in the fall semester through agreements with our sister schools, Toyo University and Shokei College.
This past summer the English Language Program offered the following Summer Institutes:
Pakistani Science Teachers English Language Support Classes (25 teachers) 5/14-8/24
Toyo English Language and Culture Institute- Japan (21 students) 8/6-8/27

Kumamoto Gakuen English Language and Culture Institute-Japan (15 students) 7/17-8/11
Meisei English Language and Culture Institute- Japan (15 students) 8/26-9/16
Itakura Junior HS English Language and Culture Institute-Japan (24 Students) 8/15-8/26
Korea National University of Ed Teacher Training Institute- Korea (31 Teachers) 7/24-8/19
NGO Shadow Program- Chile, Japan, Korea, Taiwan (11 Students) 7/8-8/8
The English Language Program also participates in training grants that International Programs offers to the US State Department. Last spring and summer semesters there were language support classes (six hours a week for the Pakistani training grant, and this fall TESOL training will be offered for English teachers (18 hours a week plus 6 hours of language support).

3. Other organizations involved: a. The Office of International Programs; b. Academy for Educational Development and US Agency for International Development; c. US Department of Education Title VI Training Grants; d. The Linguistics Program; and e. The School of Education

4. Reporting line: The English Language Institute Director reports to the Director of English Language Programs; The English Language Programs Director reports to the Director of Office of International Programs, The International Programs Director reports to the Vice-President for Research

5. Relationships with academic units: ELI contributes to UM recruitment for international students in that it prepares students with weak English to matriculate into UM degree programs. By providing instruction in English for visiting scholars, exchange students, and their dependents, ELI also supports various Fulbright, US Department of Education, and scientific scholar and student exchanges. ELI also helps permanent resident students enter the University.
Summer Programs hires many current and former graduate students in Linguistics providing on-the-job training and often is instrumental in helping these students find jobs through links made with foreign universities. .

6. Similar programs: The only other English Language Institute in Montana is at Bozeman, ant this is not an MSU funded program; MSU’s Office of International Programs contracts with A.C.E. Institutes, a private corporation, for English language instruction in Bozeman.

7. Budget:
a. 1. Current faculty and percentage of time:
Director ELI & ELP 1.0
Suzy Hampton, Instructor, ELP (Pakistani Grant) .60

Jana Hood, Instructor, ELP (Pakistani Grant) .60
Anna Lokowich, Instructor, ELI .50
Lee Ann Millar, Instructor, ELI .75
Cherie Russell, Instructor, ELP (Pakistani Grant) .60
Michelle Rutherford,Instructor, .5 ELI, .5 ELP (Pakistani Grant) 1.0
Julie Vetter, Instructor, ELP (Pakistani Grant) .60

Current staff:
**Nancy Gass, Administrative Assistant, International Programs & ELP .75
**Salary paid by the Vice President for Research (approximately $21,000).

2. Need and cost for new faculty (next five years): Faculty for ELI are hired dependent on enrollment. It is estimated that ELI student enrollment will increase 10% a year for the next five years. Faculty are hired at a salary of $32,000 (AY) and $5500 for the summer semester.
English Language Programs hired 21 teachers for the summer institutes. These employees were contract employees hired only during the summer months of June to September for various lengths of time. The program has been very dependent on Linguistics Program MA-TESOL graduate students

3. Need for other personnel: If the number of students entering ELI each semester increases as projected, ELI will need comparable increases in support staff. This cost will be covered through revenue generated from increased student tuition.
To run the seven summer institutes this past summer, ELP hired two staff members.

b. Use and anticipated needs (next five years) of University Resources:
1. Library:
2. Technology/equipment: Anticipate replacing computers on a regular basis.
3. Facility and space: The primary cost to the University for any ELI expansion will be the need for classroom space. The program is currently operating at maximum classroom capacity. There are constraints on physical structure with respect to summer institutes because of the conflicting academic calendar between Asian universities and UM

c. Source of Funding (Provide figures for the last fiscal year): Approximately $150,000/yr
more detailed information pending

Anticipated source of funding for the next five years: The English Language Institute is authorized by the Board of Regents to collect and keep student tuition paid to the institute.

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B. Review and Approval Process

2. The Faculty Senate through its Chair, ECOS, and Committees as appropriate shall recommend continuance or discontinuance by vote.

Review in terms of Scope as stated in academic policy 100.0
To provide instruction, scholarship, or service to the University, state or world by: (1) focusing attention on an area of strength and/or addressing a critical issue, or (2) facilitating collaborative, multi-disciplinary endeavors to combine resources from several programs or institutions to address issues of common interest.

Recommendation:

There was a recent change in the director’s position, so ECOS decided to postpone the review to allow the Institute’s new leadership time to organize and put together a balance sheet for the budget.