MLA Survey of Hiring by Modern Language Departments

This study, conducted for the Modern Language Association (MLA), surveyed a sample of approximately 2,500 English and modern-language departments in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada to obtain information on the outcome of searches for new faculty members in the 2003 - 2004 academic year.

The sample included both MLA Job Information List (JIL) advertisers and non-advertisers. Using a mixed-mode methodology of a Web-based survey with a paper questionnaire follow-up, the data collection effort resulted in completed interviews with 1,014 sample members.

HumRRO staff, along with the client, were responsible for the development of the survey questionnaire and materials, conducting in-depth interviews with pretest respondents, implementing the sampling plan, and all activities related to data collection and data processing.