Violations of alcohol policies constitute most of the judicial referrals on college campuses. Many counseling centers provide alcohol education as the primary sanction for these violations. These classes are often ineffective. This article presents a new alcohol education model that uses group counseling with peer counselors. (Contains 16…

Edited versions of two conference papers are presented. The first paper, "The Debate Over Academic Unions and Faculty Governance," by Irwin H. Polishook, discusses why the concept of collective bargaining continues to be a significant issue in academe and is considered to be incompatible with faculty governance. It examines the union…

A historical overview is provided of 60 significant events in the development of the Academic Senate movement in California's community colleges. Beginning in 1963, when the State Assembly passed a resolution giving legal recognition and specific jurisdiction to Academic Senates, the paper offers brief descriptions of legislative enactments…

This study presents the results of a survey of teacher education councils in National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) approved teacher preparation colleges in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The survey was conducted through a questionnaire structured to determine how teacher education councils are organized, how they…

This study of organizational structure, administrative structure, and governance of colleges of arts and sciences at five major universities summarizes the issues involved and identifies some common concepts and arrangements. From the information obtained it seems unlikely that a single organizational structure exists or could be designed to serve…

Collegiality and unionization, although they seem contradictory, are complementary expressions of a faculty desire for involvement in institutional decision making. These impulses are simultaneously present in the recent history of faculty involvement in the California State University system. (MLW)

A critique of the presupposition, inherent in collective bargaining at the higher education level, of a community of interests among faculty members and an adversarial relationship between faculty and administrators. In general, faculty members have doubts about the wisdom or legitimacy of collective bargaining. (TE)

This document discusses Los Angeles City College's (LACC) (California) Shared Governance Model. In response to California Assembly Bill 1725, LACC set forth a plan to implement the statutory requirements of shared governance. Shared governance is a concept grounded in the idea that decision-making is a process that affects the entire campus…

This handbook for the presidents of California community college academic senates addresses the California Academic Senate's history, state legislation pertaining to academic senates, the duties of local senate presidents, and strategies for increasing the effectiveness of academic senates. The Academic Senate in California began in 1963, with the…

Shared governance and collegial management are discussed. Steps to strengthen the governance process are identified: a more sophisticated view of the governance process must be formed, faculty must avoid administrative centralization of power and faculty provincialism, become more involved in union affairs, and become politically knowledgeable.…

Boards should have structured relationships with both groups, suggests this University of Minnesota president. His university board has a Student Concerns Committee and meets regularly with key faculty committees. Informal contacts are also acceptable and even desirable when used with caution. (Editor/LBH)

The author draws on personal experience with institutional governance, at the levels of both the university and the American Association of University Professors, to examine principles of faculty participation in governance. The structure and functions of the faculty council of the University of Texas at Austin are outlined to illustrate…

Discusses how, despite recent legislation that promises them a bigger role in the state's two-year colleges (often referred to as AB1725), California faculty continue to face obstacles to shared governance, such as the recent trend toward corporate models in college governance. (EV)

Explores how faculty power continues to stall at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), threatening to turn engines of opportunity into "training plantations." Includes a sidebar presenting a survey of two faculty members at HBCUs concerning shared governance. (EV)

Asserts that academic freedom requires a governance system in which faculty expertise--often residing in an individual, but also expressed at times in a collective fashion--is the determining factor in institutional decisions affecting academic matters. Discusses why faculty governance is especially important in protecting liberal education…