ABSTRACT
Since 2012, Columbia, Cornell, and Yale Universities have engaged in a distance collaboration for the sharing of less commonly taught languages. This program, known as the Shared Course Initiative (SCI), has developed a successful and sustainable model for supporting the teaching of languages that have traditionally faced challenges such as low and unstable enrollments, institutional isolation, and vulnerability to administrative pressures.
This chapter covers the following four major points regarding this collaboration: the history and background of the SCI, a detailed description of the program's structure, a reflection upon the results of this collaborative effort after one decade, and potential directions that the SCI can productively explore in the future.
