Results of the 2010 MLA Elections
Balloting in the 2010 elections for second vice president, the Executive Council, the Delegate Assembly, and the division and discussion group executive committees concluded on 10 December 2010. The results were announced at the MLA convention in Los Angeles and are available here  .
The MLA has released Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2009, a comprehensive report detailing enrollments in over two hundred languages taught in US colleges and universities. The survey report shows that language course enrollments have continued to grow over the past decade and are diversifying to include an increasingly broad range of languages.
Enrollments from the twenty-two surveys conducted between 1958 and 2009 are available in a new searchable database.
The MLA Language Map can now display fall 2009 language enrollments at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
The Language Map and its Data Center provide information, from US Census 2000 and the 2005 American Community Survey, about more than 47,000,000 people in the United States who speak languages other than English at home.
MLA on Twitter
Miss the Twitter stream on the MLA home page? Start thinking about the 2012 convention in Seattle at www.twitter.com/mlaconvention, and get a recap of tweets from the Los Angeles convention on Twapper Keeper.
The Coalition on the Academic Workforce
The MLA is a founding member of the Coalition on the Academic Workforce (CAW), a group of higher education associations, disciplinary associations, and faculty organizations committed to addressing issues associated with deteriorating faculty working conditions and their effect on college and university students in the United States. We encourage MLA members to visit the CAW Web site and read the coalition’s issue brief.
The contents of the September issue of PMLA now appear exclusively online. By not printing the directory, the association will be saving some 83,000 pounds of paper and over $100,000 in printing and mailing costs each year. Regularly updated, the online directory will give members more accurate information to help plan convention sessions, apply for fellowships and grants, and take advantage of other MLA resources. A printed list of 2011 members is available for purchase on the dues form or when you renew online.
2011 Membership Enrollment Now Open
Members can log in to renew their association membership for 2011. Nonmembers can join the association for 2011, and former members can reinstate their membership. Find out more about member benefits and what your dues support.
A collection of resources designed to help all members of the academic community advocate for the right working conditions for faculty members and the ideal learning environment for students. The kit includes two MLA reports published in December 2008: "Education in the Balance: A Report on the Academic Workforce in English" and "Demography of the Faculty: A Statistical Portrait of English and Foreign Languages."
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