Faculty Issues

Panel proposes overhaul of the sometimes controversial resolution process, which some members value. Tensions linger over movement -- rejected by the association last year -- to boycott Israeli academe.

Analysis of a year’s worth of MLA job postings -- most of them for teaching positions -- finds strong emphasis on alt-ac skills. Are doctoral programs providing the right training?

Historians who teach U.S. conservatism say their jobs got a lot harder last year but that Trump's presidency also provides new opportunities for student engagement.

Scott McLemee explores the Library of Congress’s recent announcement that it will no longer be a repository of every public posting to Twitter.

At this year’s MLA meeting, many sessions will focus on fake news, both in the present and in the literary past. Can scholars of fiction change our understanding of current events?

Bob Blaisdell never condemned a student for reading a book, regardless of its subject matter or author. Until one day.

If we’re in higher education to educate, Jillian Joyce asks, what keeps college teachers from learning more about teaching?

Editors discuss the way a key teaching role has evolved -- and should evolve.