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Information about ADE

Information about ADE dues and membership benefits

Information about ADE

ADE serves as a central source of information and support for chairs of college and university English departments throughout the United States and Canada. Membership is institutional, and chairs represent their departments in ADE activities.

ADE provides department chairs and directors of graduate and undergraduate studies a community of peers, access to the extensive information services of the ADE office, and invaluable perspective on other departments and the profession nationally. ADE has been in existence for forty years as a project of the Modern Language Association and its membership encompasses nearly 750 English departments, writing programs, and humanities divisions in all types and sizes of four- and two-year colleges and universities.

ADE’s broad membership base of departments in every type and size of postsecondary institution has made it an ideal context for discussion of curricular, professional, and administrative issues and for development of consensus about standards for the field.

ADE policy documents include statements on class size and workload, the use of part- and full-time adjunct faculty appointments, and the evaluation of teaching and scholarship.
The ADE Checklist and Guide to Reviewing Departments of English is a widely used and recognized resource. A Portable Document Format (pdf) file of the guide is available at www.ade.org for members to download.
Reports from ADE committees provide information, insight, and considered recommendations on critical issues. Examples include ADE reports on program assessment, staffing, and evaluation of teaching.
Data the ADE office assembles about national trends and conditions lends credibility to local observation.

Your department’s membership lends strength to ADE and gives your department visibility and a voice.

To receive a membership application form please contact Roy Chustek at 646 576-5133 or rchustek@mla.org.

ADE Dues, 2007-2008

PhD-granting departments		$625
BA- or MA-granting departments with 19 or more full-time faculty members		$425
BA- or MA-granting departments with 18 or fewer full-time faculty members		$225
No degree offered		$125
Two-year colleges		$125

Departments that have not previously been members of the ADE should contact Roy Chustek at 646 576-5133 to inquire about joining the association at the introductory rate of $125.

Comprehensive membership, which prepays registration for one person at one of the ADE Summer Seminars, is available in each category for an additional $400. ADE-member departments may also join ADFL at the discounted rate of $150.

Benefits of ADE membership include:

Eligibility to attend ADE Summer Seminars, annual gatherings where department administrators participate in professional workshops, sessions, and discussion groups concerning challenges they are facing and developments in the field.
A subscription to the ADE Bulletin, a journal for English department administrators.
Online access to the searchable ADE Bulletin archive, 1965 to the present, for all department faculty members and students.
Up to four additional copies of the ADE Bulletin mailed directly to designated members of the department.
Online access to the Job Information List for all department faculty members and students through the ADE Web site.
A $25 discount for job announcements placed in the Job Information List.
Immediate access through the ADE Web site to statements, reports, surveys, the searchable ADE member database, and a directory of PhD-granting departments.
Inclusion in the ADE chairs and DGSs electronic discussion lists.