This article reviews the current status of collective bargaining in higher education, with a special focus on representation in two-year institutions. After identifying the extent of representation by bargaining agents, the year in which first faculty collective bargaining contracts have been signed, and distinguishing among four-year and two-year…

Two papers comprise this document: "Alternatives to Collective Bargaining" and "Collective Bargaining in Two-Year Colleges: Problems and Trends." The first paper, by Joseph N. Hankin, presents the thesis that there is no alternative to collective bargaining but that attention should be focused instead on who represents the faculty on which issues.…

In higher education collective bargaining litigation, the determination of which academic personnel will be included in bargaining units has resulted in many contradictions. Supervisory and managerial personnel have been included with faculty in some schools, and excluded in others. Law and medical school faculty, support staff, and part-time…