Inside Higher Ed: MLA’s Middle East Moves
SAN FRANCISCO — How political should the Modern Language Association be?
That question was center stage at Monday’s meeting of the MLA’s Delegate Assembly — a four-hour plus endurance test of association business and resolution writing. The Delegate Assembly tends to take a while to come to conclusion on most matters — even when there is general consensus about the issue. So it took numerous votes and modifications before the group approved a measure calling for the creation of a standing committee on adjuncts — a panel on which adjuncts would be most of the members and try to develop plans to improve the way they are treated.
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