December 15, 2006
MLA Panel Finds No 'Lost Generation of Scholars' From the Tenure Track
Academic departments should beware of "the tyranny of the monograph," and consider projects like translations and electronic publications in making hiring and tenure decisions, a Modern Language Association panel said last week in a much-anticipated report.
The report leaves the challenge of specific reforms up to individual departments and institutions.
"Department chairs said to us, 'Don't prescribe one specific thing for all of us,'" said Rosemary Feal, executive director of
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