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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.
| 5 or fewer FTE faculty members | $225 |
| 6 to 13 FTE faculty members | $275 |
| 14 to 24 FTE faculty members | $375 |
| 25 to 39 FTE faculty members | $575 |
| 40 to 74 FTE faculty members | $675 |
| 75 to 124 FTE faculty members | $775 |
| 125 to 174 FTE faculty members | $975 |
| 175 to 224 FTE faculty members | $1,175 |
| 225 to 274 FTE faculty members | $1,575 |
| 275 to 325 FTE faculty members | $1,975 |
| More than 325 FTE faculty members | $2,475 |
| Departments or divisions in two-year colleges | $125 |
Comprehensive membership, which prepays registration for one person at one of the ADE or ADFL Summer Seminars, is available for an additional $475.
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.
- Online access to the searchable ADE Bulletin and ADFL Bulletin archives, 1965 to the present, for all department faculty members and students.
- Online access to search both the English and foreign language listings in the Job Information List for all department faculty members and students through the ADE Web site.
- A 25% discount off the standard insertion rate 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.
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