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Surveys, Reports, and Other Documents
The following surveys, reports, statements, and guidelines were prepared by MLA committees or by groups the MLA has collaborated with. The names of committee members and staff liaisons can be found in the list of committees and commissions. Please send comments and suggestions to the staff liaisons for the committees.

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The Future of Scholarly Publishing
Call for Action on Problems in Scholarly Book Publishing
The Future of Scholarly Publishing: Report from the Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of Scholarly Publishing

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Graduate Education and the Job Search
Advice to Graduate Students: From Application to Career
Committee on Professional Employment: Final Report
Data on Humanities Doctorate Recipients and Faculty Members by Race and Ethnicity
Disability and Hiring: Guidelines for Departmental Search Committees
Guidelines for Job Seekers and Hiring Departments
Guide to Doctoral Programs in English and Other Modern Languages
Professionalization in Perspective: Report from the MLA Ad Hoc Committee on the Professionalization of PhDs
Reports on the Surveys of Earned Doctorates
Rethinking the Master's Degree in English for a New Century
Self-Study Guide for Doctoral Programs
Using Sign Language Interpreters

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Educational and Public Policy Resources

Publishing, Teaching, and Scholarship
Advice for Authors, Reviewers, Publishers, and Editors of Scholarly Books and Articles
Approved Editions from the Committee on Scholarly Editions
Evaluating Translations as Scholarship: Guidelines for Peer Review
Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World (MLA Ad Hoc Committee on Foreign Languages)
Guidelines for Editors of Scholarly Editions
Guidelines for Evaluating Work with Digital Media in the Modern Languages
Guiding Questions for Vetters of Scholarly Editions
Minimal Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages
MLA Statement on the Fair Use of Copyrighted Works
Preserving Research Collections: A Collaboration between Librarians and Scholars
Report from the MLA Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching
Report of the MLA Task Force on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion
Report to the Teagle Foundation on the Undergraduate Major in Language and Literature 
Shakespeare Variorum Handbook: A Manual of Editorial Practice
Significance of Primary Records
Special Considerations for Language and Literature: The AAUP Statement on Distance Education
Statement on Publication in Electronic Journals

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Staffing, Salaries, and Other Professional Issues
Computer-Related Repetitive Strain Injuries: An Advisory
Conference on the Relation between English and Foreign Languages in the Academy
Education in the Balance: A Report on the Academic Workforce in English
Ensuring the Quality of Undergraduate Programs in English and Foreign Languages: MLA Recommendations on Staffing
Guidelines for Good Practice by the Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the US and Canada
Guidelines for Institutional Support of and Access to IT for Faculty Members and Students
Making Faculty Work Visible: The Report of the MLA Commission on Professional Service
MLA Recommendations on Extramural Evaluations 
MLA Statement on Academic Freedom (2009)
MLA Statement on the Use of Part-Time and Full-Time Adjunct Faculty Members
Professional Employment Practices for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members 
Ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos
Recommendation on a Minimum Wage for Full-Time Entry-Level Faculty Members
Recommendation on Minimum Per-Course Compensation for Part-Time Faculty Members
Report from the ADE Ad Hoc Committee on Governance
Standing Still: The Associate Professor Survey (Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession)
Statement of Professional Ethics
Statement on Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members
Women in the Profession, 2000 (Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession)  

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Surveys and Data
ADE and ADFL Surveys of Department Chair Compensation
Data on Second Majors in Language and Literature, 2001–08 
Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2009
Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2006
Foreign Language Enrollments in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2002 
Language Enrollment Database, 1958–2009
MLA Surveys of PhD Placement
The MLA Survey of Postsecondary Entrance and Degree Requirements for Languages Other Than En­glish, 2009–10
Report on the MLA's 2004 Survey of Hiring Departments
Successful College and University Foreign Language Programs, 1995-99: Part 1 
Successful College and University Foreign Language Programs, 1995-99: Part 2 
Summary of Data from Surveys by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce
Survey of Staffing in English and Foreign Language Departments, Fall 1999

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ADE Guidelines and Policy Statements

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ADFL Guidelines and Policy Statements

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