Part of our work at the Futures Initiative is conducting meaningful, high-level research and connecting it to the wider world in creative ways. Specifically, we focus on continued research and outreach on matters related to equity, diversity, technology, and public support in higher education. Past and current projects conducted by Futures Initiative leadership and fellows include: Putting the Humanities PhD to Work, a book on career pathways and graduate education reform; Gender Bias in Academe, an annotated bibliography documenting CUNY NYC Language Mapping Project; Sociodemographics Map of NYC; Futures Initiative’s Mobile App Project; and the Futures Initiative’s Network Analysis Project.
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CUNY NYC Language Mapping Project
Michael Dorsch and students in Global Perspectives on Language and Education
In conjunction with the Fall 2015 Futures Initiative sponsored course Global Perspectives on Language and Education—CUNY Language Diversity and Global Language Learning Policies, Futures Initiative Graduate Fellow Michael Dorsch led a research project to map the languages spoken across New York City and to compare the languages spoken in communities closest to each of CUNY’s campuses with language education opportunities offered at each campus. The CUNY NYC Language Mapping Project is hosted on a new Futures Initiative website and includes results of the analysis, interpretation of the results, and an interactive map built using CartoDB that allows users to toggle through different languages spoken across New York City for close analysis of neighborhoods throughout the city and close to CUNY. The interactive map also allows users to navigate snapshots of the languages taught at CUNY campuses and the languages spoken in the communities around those campuses. The results highlight not only CUNY’s incredible linguistic diversity, but also opportunities for greater support and new scholarship on language policy in higher education.