Investigates the issues and procedures of assessment in English and considers what advice the Association of Departments of English can usefully offer to departments and chairs engaged with the problem of developing assessment initiatives, especially initiatives focused on the documentation of student learning. Discusses comments from the field in…

Presents guidelines that specify the kinds of information that will assist modern language faculties to identify and rectify problems in their graduate programs before it is necessary to justify the size or existence of those programs. Focuses on programs leading to the PhD degree, although questions relating to master's degrees are included where…