Resources for Departments

CHAIRING THE DEPARTMENT

• ADFL Guidelines and Policy Statements
• 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

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

• Brochures Promoting Language Study
• Report on the 2006 MLA Enrollment Survey
• Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's Research Universities
• Best Practices in Study Abroad: A Primer for Chairs

GRADUATE EDUCATION

• MLA Guide to Doctoral Programs
• 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

• Report on the MLA's 2004 Survey of Hiring Departments
• Preprint Release: Report on the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2006  
• Report on the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2005
• 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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