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Modern Language Association, 2009
The financial crisis of 2008 made its consequences painfully evident in the 2008-09 MLA (Modern Language Association) "Job Information List" ("JIL"). After trending upward between 2003-04 and 2007-08, the number of jobs advertised in the "JIL" in 2008-09 declined since 2007-08 by 446 (24.4%) in English and 453 (27.0%) in foreign languages. In the…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Employment Opportunities, Trend Analysis, Economic Factors
Laurence, David – Modern Language Association, 2008
This report draws on US government data sources to develop a statistical portrait of the population of faculty members teaching English and foreign languages in US degree-granting colleges and universities. Major input sources include the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teacher Salaries, Higher Education, Tenure
Modern Language Association, 2008
The National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF) surveys more than 26,000 faculty members in all fields in US colleges and universities. Those canvassed by the NSOPF form a nationally representative sample of full- and part-time faculty members in degree-granting public and private not-for-profit institutions that are located in the 50 states…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Higher Education, Federal Aid, Tenure