This study examines national and local chapter positions of the three national faculty associations engaged in collective bargaining (AAUP, AFT, and NEA). It explores four areas - history, negotiating objectives, strategies, and politics. Organizational competition and, more importantly, local issues have resulted in wide diversity among the…

Direct service social work practitioners make policy decisions in everyday practice. Social work education should prepare practitioners for these roles in new ways, develop new configurations of knowledge, and create new curriculum emphases. This can help bridge the gap between social policy and direct practice educaton and use agencies better.…