<p>I agree with his assessment, as does USMA. Thus in a time when budget cuts are being made, the Department of Foreign languages has seen it’s budget explode. The Supe announced a couple of years ago that the aim is to have every language major spend a semester abroad (<a href=“http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/dfl/semesterexchanges.htm)%5B/url%5D”>http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/dfl/semesterexchanges.htm)</a>, and that program is well under way. My 2008 son (an Arabic major) is getting ready to join 6 other cadets for the first ever semester abroad in Jordan arranged by USMA. The Model Arab League team from USMA won the National Championship this year and will be traveling to the International competition in Cairo this fall. Non-language majors also have myriad opportunites to travel abroad for trips ranging from 2-6 weeks. Cadets take the math and engineering courses Mr. Noonan describes, but also all take history and international relations courses as well. Many of the cadets I know have majors in areas that would be considered liberal arts (history, international relations, etc). I think Mr. Noonan needs to check how current his facts are before he writes his articles. The changes he calls for are already well underway.</p>