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PROFESSIONAL MATTERS DIVISION Description: The Professional Matters Division is charged with overseeing the social, ethical, and professional contexts of the discipline of Classics. Its goal is the promotion of equity in all aspects of the profession. It is headed by the Vice President for Professional Matters and includes the Professional Matters Committee, the Subcommittee on Professional Ethics, the Committee on Placement, the Committee on the Status of Women and Minority Groups (CSWMG), and the Classics Advisory Service, which is a service to help college and university teachers maintain and strengthen their programs in Classics and maintains its own web page. Electronic Publication and the Classics Profession: In order to begin dialogue on this topic among classicists, the division sponsored a panel at the 2004 Annual Meeting. The papers from this panel (which will open in a new window) are now online. Data Collection: The division supervises all data collection for the APA. The reporting schedule of the CSWMG has recently been changed to one report per year analyzing three years of data on faculty and curricula, placement, or journals, starting in 2005 with a report on placement from 2001-2004. Annual surveys will continue to be sent to journals and placement candidates, and the Joint Committee on Placement will report on the status of the job market every year. The following reports and supporting documentation are currently available: December 2004 Vice President's Report (NEW) The supporting documentation for Barbara F. McManusís final report as APA Vice-President of Professional Matters, published in the APA Newsletter 28.1 (February 2005): 19-22, is available as an Adobe Acrobat file that may be downloaded and printed (printable version of statistical charts). Faculty and Curricula CSWMG Report on 1997-2001 Department Surveys CSWMG Report on 2001-2002 Department Survey CSWMG Report on 2002-2003 Department Survey Classical Journals CSWMG Report on 2000 and 2001 Journal Surveys CSWMG Report on 2002 Journal Surveys Placement and Hiring 2000-2001 Placement Report of the CSWMG 2000-2001 Report of the Committee on Placement 2001-2002 Placement Report of the CSWMG 2001-2002 Report of the Joint Committee on Placement 2002-2003 Placement Report of the CSWMG 2002-2003 Report of the Joint Committee on Placement 2003-2004 Report of the Joint Committee on Placement Cumulative Placement Report of the CSWMG (2000-2004) Advice for Job Candidates: The Joint Committee on Placement has prepared a Checklist of Advice for Job Candidates that should be consulted by all those seeking academic positions in classics or classical archaeology (opens in a new window). Council of Graduate Schools' April 15 Deadline: The APA Statement of Professional Ethics specifically affirms this CGS policy, and the Subcommittee on Professional Ethics reminds Classics graduate programs in the United States that they should not require or even suggest an acceptance deadline before April 15. Students should also strictly comply with the provisions of the CGS resolution and promptly notify other institutions when they have accepted an offer from a graduate program. The Subcommittee confirms that it will treat very seriously allegations that the policy has been violated by either graduate programs or graduate students. Grievances: All grievances should be reported to David Konstan, Vice President for Professional Matters. Consult the APA Statement on Professional Ethics for information about the association's ethical standards and the APA Regulations for a description of our grievance policies and procedures. David Konstan David_Konstan@brown.edu May 2006