1. The New Normal in the Humanities Rosemary G. Feal, Executive Director

2. The MLA at a Glance Over 30,000 members in 100 countries Programs serving English and foreign language teachers An annual convention, with meetings on a wide variety of subjects, and smaller seminars across the country The MLA International Bibliography, the only comprehensive bibliography in language and literature, available online A book publication program issuing about 12 new books each year and maintaining a backlist of over 200 titles 4 major periodicals: the ADE Bulletin; the ADFL Bulletin; Profession; and PMLA, one of the most distinguished journals in the humanities A quarterly newsletter providing association news, lists of deadlines, and items of interest to members 136 divisions and discussion groups for specialized scholarly and teaching interests of members 47 membership committees overseeing association activities and publications Leadership in the national education community

3. Issues concerning the Humanities Current trends in enrollments Current trends in job opportunities for grads Changes in our profession

5. Percentage of Faculty Members in Degree-Granting U. S. Postsecondary Institutions in Various Tenure and Employment Statuses, 1995 and 2009

7. A changing profession: Shift from tenured and tenure-track faculty to a range of careers – NTT faculty issues – Alt-ac and extra-academic positions Shift from scholarly publishing to scholarly communication – from a focus on products to a more fluid process – from traditional forms of scholarship to more digital forms

8. Changes create needs for: New modes of evaluation for new forms of scholarship Transformation in graduate education to prepare young scholars for new kinds of careers

9. MLA initiatives CIT workshops on the evaluation of digital scholarship for tenure and promotion Ad-hoc working group on the future of graduate education, led by Russell Berman, building on work done by group on the future forms of the dissertation, led by Sidonie Smith MLA Commons: forthcoming platform on which scholars will be able to communicate, collaborate, and publish with one another

10. What does this all mean for the information industry?