Documents and Resources from the Committee on Academic Freedom and Professional Rights and Responsibility

Academic Freedom

• MLA Statement on Academic Freedom (2009)
• CAFPRR Tool Kits
  • Tool Kit on Academic Freedom
  • Tool Kit on Intellectual Property
  • Tool Kit on Shared Governance
• Ramifications of the Supreme Court's Ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos
• Resources from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Staffing, Salaries, and the Job Search

• Advice to Graduate Students: From Application to Career
• Advice to Search Committees and Job Seekers on Entry-Level Faculty Recruitment and Hiring
• Checklist for Job Seekers
• Dos and Don'ts for MLA Convention Interviews
• MLA Recommendation on Minimum Per-Course Compensation for Part-Time Faculty Members
• MLA Recommendation on a Minimum Wage for Full-Time Entry-Level Faculty Members
• Statement on Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members

Publishing

• Advice for Authors, Reviewers, Publishers, and Editors of Literary Scholarship

Diversity

• Final Report, MLA Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity and Tolerance 
• MLA Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession
• Report of the Task Force against Campus Bigotry 

Other Resources

• Resources on Human Rights Issues