Posts Categorized: Advocacy
MLA Executive Director Speaks Out against Dramatic Cuts to Humanities Programs at West Virginia University
Response to Florida Violations of Shared Governance and Academic Freedom
Resources for Humanities Professionals in Response to the Invasion of Ukraine
The MLA has collected resources shared by its members and by members of the ADE and ADFL communities in response to the invasion of Ukraine. We encourage you to help us develop this list of events, teaching materials, and other resources by sending your suggestions to Lydia Tang, the MLA’s head of world language programs.
MLA Endorses Twenty-First-Century Federal Writers’ Project Act
The MLA has strongly endorsed the Twenty-First-Century Federal Writers’ Project Act, proposed by Congressman Ted Lieu and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, which would establish a grant program in the Department of Labor to assist unemployed and underemployed workers whose careers have been severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Like its predecessor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Federal… Read more »
MLA Executive Council Statements on COVID-19 and Higher Education
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, higher education faces unprecedented challenges, with significant consequences for institutions, faculty members, and students. In its statements about the pandemic, the MLA Executive Council has appealed to institutional leaders to uphold their central mission and support faculty members, staff members, and students in their vital work… Read more »
MLA Launches Matching Challenge to Fund COVID-19 Emergency Grants
To fund emergency grants for part-time faculty members who’ve been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the MLA has launched its first ever matching gift challenge. The MLA Executive Council, former MLA presidents, and the Teagle Foundation have pledged to match up to $10,0000 in contributions to the Paving the Way fund to underwrite the… Read more »
MLA Executive Director Advocates for Fair and Equitable Treatment of Contingent Faculty Members
On 30 January, Paula Krebs, the executive director of the MLA, testified at a Committee on Higher Education and Committee on Civil Service and Labor hearing on contingent labor issues at the City University of New York (CUNY). Krebs recognized the efforts of the City University of New York to address inequities in working conditions… Read more »