Education policy often requires balancing the professional interests of adult employees with the educational needs and rights of students. Nearly everyone agrees, for example, that children deserve an education that prepares them for success in college and life, and that teachers should be afforded reasonable job protections. Yet these values and…

Collective bargaining with faculty is a relatively recent phenomenon that has spread from only five campuses in 1966 to approximately 388 at the close of the 1974 academic year. This speech begins by citing some facts about the current status and growth of faculty bargaining. The paper then outlines briefly the three major bargaining philosophies…

Reviews three Massachusetts court cases involving nontenured teachers that helped delineate the scope of an arbitrator's authority. (Author/IRT)

AAUP-supported guidelines for presenting sex discrimination claims are discussed. Consideration is given to: direct evidence of sex discrimination; unequal application of standards; general deficiencies in procedure; processing of the complaint itself by AAUP; and formal investigation. (LBH)

Shows the scope of collective bargaining and arbitration for tenure that has developed in New York. Examines both the statutory background of the right of collective bargaining for tenure and the recent case law on the subject. (Author/IRT)

Identifies and comments on methods that higher education institutions and unions have agreed to for the settlement of collective bargaining disputes or grievances in the 150 existing labor agreements covering more than 210 institutions, nearly 70 percent of them 2-year institutions. The institutions covered by these agreements are listed. (JT)

Examines the implications of decisions by arbitrators that have an impact on teacher retention and tenure. The text is divided into four areas: tenure laws, negotiability, arbitrability, and procedural issues. Available from Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646; Single copy, $3.00. (Author/IRT)

Annual statistics reveal that calls upon the American Association of University Professors for mediative assistance increased sharply for the year ending May 1986. Judicial business, censure, and legislative business are discussed. (MLW)

This paper surveys the legal aspects of tenure and arbitration under the Taylor Law, New York State's major statute governing collective bargaining for public employees (including teachers). The law outlaws teachers' strikes, but provides three methods of dispute resolution between employees and school districts (mediation, fact-finding, and both…

This agreement was made on December 18, 1974 between Wagner College and the Wagner College Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Articles of the agreement include: guarantee of rights, academic ranks, faculty work, faculty appointments, professional evaluation, tenure, dismissal, powers of the faculty, academic departments,…

Available from Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 West Peterson Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60646. (JG)

This agreement was made and entered into on June 4, 1974. Articles of the agreement include: recognition, board rights, association rights, student rights and freedom, academic freedom, faculty rights and responsibilities, working conditions, academic ranks, personnel policies, promotion, tenure, dismissals, termination and resignations, personnel…

Complaints and cases handled by the American Association of University Professors from June 1, 1986-May 31, 1987 are described. Judicial business including case held over from the previous year, imposition of censure, deferred recommendations, and removal of censure are discussed. Open-meeting laws are reviewed. (MLW)

Describes six representative grievances that have arisen in Pennsylvania state colleges since enactment of public employee collective bargaining legislation, focusing on case backgrounds, applicable contract provisions, contentions of opponents, and arbitrators' decisions. The grievances discussed involve termination of employment, tenure,…

A revamping of the operation of the current academic labor market by drawing upon the system found in professional sports is suggested. To stimulate thought, it is proposed that rules governing free agency, professor reservation, first refusal, trading, and salary arbitration be applied to higher education to replace current, outdated procedures.…