Opportunities for International Education on the Chopping Block

A congressional subcommittee has passed a bill that could eliminate all funding for Fulbright-Hays, a Department of Education program that provides opportunities for students and teachers to develop language skills and area expertise overseas. The bill now goes to the full House Appropriations Committee for consideration. Fulbright-Hays offers grants to doctoral students conducting research abroad...
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The Immigration Ban Harms Us All

The Trump administration’s executive order of 27 January 2017 temporarily bans citizens from seven countries with predominantly Muslim populations (Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan) from entering the United States. In a statement released in February 2017, the Modern Language Association’s Executive Council strongly denounced the order.   Article 13(2) of the United...
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MLA Speaks Out on Wage Controversy

"Pure exploitation," says the MLA's executive director about a recently posted job that would pay well below the MLA's recommended levels.

Fair Wages for Part-Time Faculty Members

Too often, adjunct or part-time faculty members are underpaid: while they often perform the same duties as their full-time colleagues, part-time faculty members routinely receive only a fraction of the pay and none of the basic benefits, like health care, that their full-time colleagues enjoy. To help address this disparity and suggest practical guidelines for...
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