The Committee on Education and the Workforce met to hear testimony on "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism." Opening statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Virginia Foxx, Chairwoman, Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and the…

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development of the Committee on Education and the Workforce exposing the dangers of the influence of foreign adversaries on college campuses. Opening statements were provided by: (1) Honorable Burgess Owens, Chairman, Subcommittee on Higher…

This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines the key to America's global competitiveness, focusing on a quality education. Following opening statements by Honorable Tom Harkin (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) and Honorable Michael B. Enzi (U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming),…

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Bylaws contain governance history, policies and procedures for managing the organization, and information to conduct AAUW's affairs. The 2013 bylaws are divided into the following articles: (1) Name and Office; (2) Purpose; (3) Use of Name; (4) Membership and Dues; (5) Nominations and Elections;…

This eighth edition of "Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges" is an update of the disciplines lists including those adopted by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges at their regularly scheduled meeting on November 2, 2009. It incorporates changes that resulted from…

This paper considers noncredit instruction in the California Community College System. It identifies three related concepts: a state need for increased levels of education that noncredit instruction is well placed to supply, several changes that begin to facilitate that response, and additional changes that are needed to ensure success. The…

Explores reasons why disability discrimination lawsuits by university professors usually fail. Reviews the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Analyzes cases involving disabled professors who lost their cases and those who won them. Compares successful and unsuccessful ADA litigation. (Contains 86 references.) (PKP)

Describes a new faculty loan policy implemented at the library of Union College in Schenectady, New York. A copy of the loan policy is included. (LLS)

The sales by professors of textbook complimentary copies are estimated to be $60 million in lost sales to the publishers. Examines the various points of view and the legal and ethical issues regarding professors selling complimentary copies of college textbooks. (MLF)

The Supreme Court decision in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) v. Yeshiva University is discussed, along with a test for determining "managerial employees." In this case, the court held that full-time faculty at nonprofit, private, higher education institutions are managerial employees, where their recommendations are normally…

Judicial interference with National Labor Relations Board decision making by the Supreme Court is reviewed. The merits of the Yeshiva decision and the particular significance of the Court's interference with the National Labor Relations Board definition of "managerial" are assessed. (AVAIL: University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio…

Reviews 11 Supreme Court decisions. In NLRB v Yeshiva University, the Court held that the full-time faculty at Yeshiva University were managerial employees excluded from collective bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act. Journal availability: Industrial Relations Law Journal, Room 1, Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA…

The impact of the Supreme Court Decision, "National Labor Relations Board versus Yeshiva University," on collective bargaining at colleges and universities is considered. The basic thrust of the majority decision is that faculty are not under the umbrella of the National Labor Relations Act and that administration may refuse to negotiate…

A controversy over whether university faculty are "employees" within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act is discussed. The U.S. Supreme Court in NLRB v. Yeshiva University ruled that faculty members are "managers." (Available from: Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, $4.00) (Author/MLW)

Legal issues regarding faculty relationships with their employers are reviewed. Regulation by individual agreement and by collective agreement are discussed, and a national agreement that would rely on self-regulation is proposed. (Journal availibility: Univ. of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA 52242.) (MSE)