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LSA Resolutions, Statements, Endorsements and Related Actions
From time to time, the LSA is called upon to state its position on a matter of public importance to the profession and/or field of linguistics. Read more about Resolutions, Statements, Endorsements, and related actions and how to propose them.
Resolutions
- U.S. Government Action to Support the Preservation and Revitalization of Native American Languages [4 April 2011]
- The Arizona Teachers' English Fluency Initiative [18 August 2010]
- Recognizing the Scholarly Merit of Language Documentation [8 January 2010]
- Cyberinfrastructure [8 January 2010]
- Guidelines for the Use of Language Analysis in Relation to Questions of National Origin in Refugee Cases [9 January 2009]
- Labor Issues and Meeting Site Selection [6 January 2006]
- Opposition to the U.S. military's policy of dismissing linguists, translators, interpreters, or other members of the armed forces on the basis of their sexual orientation [1 July 2003]
- Opposition to all discrimination and political sanctions against scholars on the basis of religion or ethnicity [1 July 2003]
- Sign Languages [1 July 2001]
- Ebonics [1 July 1997]
- Opposition to Unz/Tuchman Initiative [1 July 1998]
- English Only [1 July 1987]
Statements
- Ethics Statement
- Statement and Recommendations on Visa Problems Harming America's Scientific, Economic, and Security Interests
- The Need for the Documentation of Linguistic Diversity
- Language Rights
- Research with Human Subjects
- Sexual Harassment
- The Employment of Part-Time and Temporary Teaching Staff
- LSA Comments on U.S. federal Common Rule as described in the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), Human Subjects Research Protections (PDF)
- Code of Ethics for Linguists in Forensic Linguistics Consulting (PDF)
Endorsements
- AAAS Calls on Congress to Support NSF (PDF)
- LSA Calls on Congress to Sustain Funding for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences at NSF (PDF)
- Comments on U.S. Department of Education Priorities for Assessment (PDF)
- LSA calls on the United States House (PDF) and Senate (PDF) to maintain NSF funding levels.
- LSA Calls on Presidential Science Council to Include the Social Sciences in STEM Education (PDF)
- Coalition for the Academic Workforce (PDF)
- Ideological Exclusion Letter to Secretary Clinton (PDF)
- Linguistics in STEM Education (PDF)
- America COMPETES Legislation (PDF)
- Response to a Framework for Science Education Preliminary Public Draft (PDF)
- Excellence and Innovation in Language Learning Act Support Letter (PDF)
- COSSA Comments on Proposed Regulations for Human Subjects Research (PDF) (Note: LSA is a member of COSSA)
- Intersociety Letter to the Deficit Committee (PDF)
