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The Modern Language Association has released some moderately good news about the job market. In January, the MLA projected (in an improvement from recent years) that job listings would be relatively level for 2010-11. Now the association has released a detailed analysis of the year's findings. According to a new report, the number of jobs listed with the MLA in 2010-11 rose by 8.2 percent in English and by 7.1 percent in foreign languages. Still, however, the number of jobs listed in 2010-11 remains below the peak in 2007-8.
Via e-mail, Rosemary G. Feal, executive director of the MLA, said: "While the increase is modest, it is nevertheless good news to see that there were more opportunities for employment in the fields of English and other modern languages than in the previous year. We've noticed in recent hiring cycles that departments announce positions later in the academic calendar, so the early fall listings are not necessarily a good indication of the year-end total."
