(IUB-Bloomington) The department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures has

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Research Quality	B+	Research Availability	B-
Research Funding	F	Graduate Politics	C
Errand Runners	B+	Degree Completion	A
Alternative pay [ta/gsi]	F	Sufficient Pay	F
Competitiveness	B	Education Quality	B+
Faculty Accessibility	A	Useful Research	A
Extracurriculars	A	Success-Understanding	B+
Surrounding City	A-	Social Life/Environment	B-
"Individual" treatment	C	Friendliness	A-
Safety	A	Campus Beauty	A
Campus Maintenance	B+	University Resource/spending	C

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Lowest Rating Research Funding	F

Highest Rating Degree Completion	A

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Date: Dec 31 1969
Major: Unknown (This Major's Salary over time)
The department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures has organizational issues which are historically rooted in a political battle that nearly destroyed the department nearly a decade ago. Thus, despite hiring efforts, the department remains too weak to attain Title VI funding, thereby leaving its grad students impoverished & underfunded, while reducing the percentage of US Citizen grad students vis-a-vis international grad students (which are usually more successful at attaining funding to teach languages). Futhermore, Persian and Arabic language programs has major weaknesses: too many unmotivated undergrads in classes, class sizes too big, poor textbook selections, etc. Despite all of this, the department has a very strong Islamic studies and Jewish/Hebrew studies tradition.

Overall, its not a bad choice. Just don't let your expectations for funding opportunities and/or quality language instruction be too high.

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