e/Language program director

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has gloss	eng: A Language Program Director (LPD) is a usually senior academic position in United States universities. In some institutions a LPD can also be referred to as a Language Program Coordinator (LPC), while in others the LPD has a hierarchically higher position than an LPC, the latter coordinating just one course level. LPDs usually coordinate all levels of instruction of undergraduate language programs. Most LPDs are not on a tenure-track because traditionally linguistic studies have been considered by Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures as less important than literary studies. According to a recent MLA report, this is a trend that should be reversed. In the past LPD positions were generally filled by people - usually women - with degrees in literature and no training in second language acquisition or applied linguistics.
lexicalization	eng: Language program director
instance of	c/Humanities occupations