The trend of unionization and collective bargaining on college and university campuses is viewed. (HS)

Traces resistance to affirmative action in universities, noting that the federal agencies have backed off from their tough stance, and concluding that, "With the exception of an increase in lower-level employment and the very few successfully negotiated class action suits, the status of women in the university has changed little." (JT)

If current trends continue the future for radical faculty hangs in doubt. The author portrays the growing conservatism of academe and recounts numerous politically motivated actions against leftists. (Ed.)

Three winners of the Harbison Award for excellence in teaching discuss the profession. (HS)

The President of San Jose State University, noting that a major impact of collective bargaining in higher education will be in the area of academic standards, discusses the dispute over "open files," maintaining that confidentiality of peer judgement is the best way to assure candor and honesty in evaluating faculty performance. (JT)

Tells how Michigan State University's antiunion campaign deterred faculty from voting for unionism. (HS)

A college faculty's professional behavior could easily determine the well-being of both their own institution and higher education in general. (HS)

A teacher argues that academic freedom is meaningless so long as teachers feel confined by personal and professional restraints that categorize, objectify, isolate, and depress them. (Editor)

The increased interests and capacities of our enlarged student body have widened faster than the faculty's ability to respond. (IR)

Hiring and maintaining a qualified interdisciplinary faculty is proving to be a great difficulty at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. (HS)

Discusses a survey on faculty attitudes taken in the 60s. (PG)

Presents some practical advice for faculty on how to get the most out of traveling with their families in foreign countries. Article covers: planning ahead, paying, whether to take children, and where to go. (PG)

The evidence indicates that the more research-oriented and institution is, the less receptive it is to collective bargaining. (Editor)

Crowded students and overworked faculty have contributed to a lack of confidence about the future of Swiss higher education. (Author/PG)