Resources for Departments

ADFL GUIDELINES AND POLICY STATEMENTS
The ADFL Executive Committee suggests the following guidelines for the administration of foreign language departments. Except where otherwise noted, these statements were revised and reaffirmed by the 2001 ADFL Executive Committee.

• Class Size
• Teaching Load
• Variable Workloads
• Standards for Selecting a Chair
• Junior Faculty Development
• Evaluation of Nontraditional Fields
• Teacher Education in Graduate Programs
• Use of Part-Time Faculty Members
• ADE and ADFL Statement
  on the Use of Outside Reviewers
• ADFL Statement of Good Practice:
  Teaching, Evaluation, and Scholarship

CHAIRING THE DEPARTMENT

• 2011 ADFL Tool Kit for Department Advocacy
• ADE and ADFL Surveys of Department Chair Compensation
• A Checklist for Self-Study for Departments of Foreign Languages and Literatures
• ADE and ADFL Statement on the Use of Outside Reviewers
• Directory of Useful Addresses
• ADFL Chairs Discussion Area
• ADE and ADFL Resources for Chairs Wiki

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Brochures Promoting Language Study
• Report on the 2009 MLA Enrollment Survey
• MLA Language Enrollment Database, 1958–2009
• Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities
• Best Practices in Study Abroad: A Primer for Chairs
• Data on Second Majors in Language and Literature, 2001–08

GRADUATE EDUCATION

• MLA Guide to Doctoral Programs
• Data on Humanities Doctorate Recipients and Faculty Members by Race and Ethnicity
• Report on Data from the 2004–05 MLA Guide to Doctoral Programs
• MLA studies of PhD placement
• A Self-Study Guide for Doctoral Programs
• Advice to Graduate Students: From Application to Career
• Advice to Universities and Graduate Programs on Graduate Student Rights and Responsibilities

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

• Suggestions for Interviews Using Videoconferencing and the Telephone
• Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World
• Report on the MLA's 2004 Survey of Hiring Departments
• Report on the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2008–09
• Statement from the Conference on the Growing Use of Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty
• Final Report of the MLA Committee on Professional Employment

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