The Modern Language Association report on the Ph.D. in languages and literatures has already succeeded in sparking a lively debate. Some commentators have welcomed the report’s general findings, while ...

Nearly one year after its release, a report on foreign language and higher education issued by an ad hoc committee of the Modern Language Association is still provoking discussion about reforms in the ...

We write as a group of concerned scholars in response to the recent Modern Language Association report on doctoral study in modern languages and literatures. We appreciate the efforts of the committee ...

The Modern Language Association’s proposals for reforming the Ph.D. in language and literature are being met with skepticism by some graduate students, adjuncts, and others who say the scholarly group ...