Guess Who Funds STEM Research at Universities? The Humanities.
Since 2008 an increasing number of humanities faculties across the United States have faced program and departmental closures. The argument behind these... Read More
Better Working Conditions for Contingent Faculty Members: An MLA Guide
Most college and university classes in the United States and Canada are taught by faculty members who are not on the tenure... Read More
Fighting for Net Neutrality: New Threats to Internet Freedom
In May 2017, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Ajit Pai announced the FCC’s plan to roll back protections for Internet freedoms, or... Read More
The Value of Language Study
President Trump’s proposal to defund the National Endowment for the Humanities is not the only threat facing the humanities. His administration has... Read More
Language and Literacy in the US: Heading in the Wrong Direction
If you look at the numbers, it might seem that language learning and literacy are no longer valued by many elected officials... Read More
Advocacy Tool Kit for Foreign Language Departments
Since 2008 many colleges and universities in the United States have eliminated or reduced foreign language programs. French degree programs have been... Read More
Why Does Academic Freedom Matter?
If you don’t teach in a college or university, you may have never heard the term academic freedom. Here’s why it’s important:... Read More
Explore Fifty-Five Years of Language Study
Want to know how language study has changed over the past five decades? Dive into fifty-five years of language enrollment history with... Read More
What Languages Are College Students Studying?
An MLA study from 2013 revealed a shift in student interest from “traditionally studied European languages” to languages like American Sign Language... Read More
Proposed Cuts at Stony Brook University Put the Humanities at Risk
In the spring of 2017, Stony Brook University, a public institution and part of the State University of New York system, announced... Read More
