Report of the Task Force on Doctoral Study in Modern Language and Literature (2014)

Description:

Charged by the MLA Executive Council in February 2012 “to consider the prospects for doctoral study in modern language and literature in the light of transformations in higher education and scholarly communication” (PMLA 127.4 [2012]: 1024), and funded in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the task force met at the MLA office in fall 2012 and spring and fall 2013 and at the 2013 and 2014 MLA conventions in Boston and Chicago. The Executive Council received and approved the task force’s report in February 2014. Statements the task force received from departments engaged in projects related to its charge are included in an appendix. 

Downloadable PDF documents:
 Executive Summary
Report and Appendix

Also available:
A Message from the MLA Executive Council
Article on Inside Higher Ed in response to the report
Chronicle of Higher Education in response to the report: "The MLA Tells It Like It Is."