Explores the unique nature of the academic senate, its management and employee representation roles, the National Labor Relations Act requirement of exclusive representation, and the nature of mandatory bargaining subjects. (Author)

Reviews the development of faculty collective bargaining in public higher education, as affected by federal and state constitutions and laws. Anticipates future trends. Topics covered include bargaining, organizing, determining the bargaining unit, negotiation agreements and impasses, administering the agreement, and relations between bargaining…