Posts Categorized: New Online

In response to recent murders and disappearances of students and teachers in Mexico, the MLA Executive Council has issued a statement condemning the violence. These actions, the statement declares, “have created an environment in which learning and critical thinking are deemed dangerous activities.” The MLA is committed to supporting academic freedom and denounces these threats… Read more »

The MLA has just released an updated statement on electronic publication. Revised by the Committee on Information Technology, the statement affirms that “[e]lectronically published journal articles, monographs, and long-form scholarship are viable and credible modes of scholarly publication” and that publishing electronically offers advantages to the author and the user, including ease of access and… Read more »

In a new post on the From the President blog, Roland Greene, 2015–16 MLA president, discusses where the MLA is today and where it’s going. If you’re new to the association or want to catch up on some of its recent initiatives, we encourage you to visit the blog to learn more about the MLA’s work and resources…. Read more »

Tenure-line faculty pledge to take action to improve adjunct working conditions on MLA’s Action for Allies site.
Quotes tweeted by MLA Executive Director Rosemary G. Feal.

The MLA Executive Council and the Committee on Contingent Labor in the Profession have launched a new site, MLA Action for Allies, where you can show your support for adjunct faculty members and find resources for starting discussions in your department about the use of contingent faculty. We call on all faculty members and administrators to participate in… Read more »

The MLA is pleased to announce the creation of the office of information systems. This new office is composed of the former information technology and production departments and will work to strengthen electronic projects now under way and to help develop projects that the association envisions for the future. Joining the MLA to lead the… Read more »

The results of a comprehensive MLA survey of language course enrollments in United States colleges and universities are now available on the MLA Web site. According to Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2013, while aggregate enrollments in languages other than English have decreased since the MLA’s… Read more »

At the 2015 convention, the Delegate Assembly will consider proposed constitutional amendments to change references to “divisions and discussion groups” to “forums” in the MLA constitution to accommodate the new forum structure. If the assembly approves the amendments, the membership will then be asked to vote on them in the spring. While these changes are… Read more »

In a letter to Terry McAuliffe, the governor of Virginia, MLA President Margaret W. Ferguson expressed concern over the governor’s recent executive order requiring certain faculty members at state universities to make public detailed statements of their economic interests. While public disclosure of financial interests is “an important tool to prevent corrupt influence by employees… Read more »

Balloting in the 2014 elections for second vice president, the Executive Council, the Delegate Assembly, and the division and discussion group executive committees closed on 10 December. Diana Taylor was elected second vice president, and Emily Apter, David Palumbo-Liu, and Vicky Unruh were elected to the Executive Council for four-year terms. Full election results are available on… Read more »