Guided by Honig and Hatch's (2004) conceptualization of bridging and buffering, we undertook an analysis of reduction in force (RIF) provisions from 546 Ohio teacher collective bargaining agreements. We asked the following question: Are the most disadvantaged school districts providing greater protections to tenured teachers when making RIF…

The site of this study is a community college in Southwestern Pennsylvania where a two-fold problem exists: The administration increased class size in online courses with no faculty input, and the current collective bargaining between the union faculty and the college administration does not address online teaching as separate from teaching in the…

For over three decades, collective bargaining in higher education has given faculty a voice in which to be heard in decision making involving tenure, faculty appointments, salaries, and education policies. However, as recent as 2011, the voice once afforded to faculty through its collective bargaining rights has been threatened with attempts to…

This study examines the gender pay gap among university faculty by analyzing gender differences in one component of faculty members' salaries--"market premiums." The data were collected during the Fall of 2002 using a survey of faculty at a single Canadian research university. Correspondence analysis and logistic regression analysis were…

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

The conditions surrounding appointments of full-time, tenure-tract, teaching faculty and administration produce one area in collective bargaining contracts that affects equally every employee of an institution. Several of these conditions are discussed: initial appointments; appointment authority; conflict of appointment authority; appointment…

The nature and status of collective bargaining by faculty in colleges and universities in both the United States and Canada are reviewed. The growth patterns for collective negotiation in both countries and the causal factors for faculty unions are contrasted. The use of collective bargaining in higher education raises issues, including the…

Faculty unions have become a reality on many college campuses. This paper examines some of the objections of the public and college administrators toward faculty unions. Public criticism usually centers on the possible increased costs of education generated by union demands, while the college management complains that union grievance and other…

This memorandum presents specific legislative proposals concerning the American Association of University Professor's policy on the representation of economic interests in public colleges and universities. Part I surveys legal principles reflected in the National Labor Relations Act and in state analogues. Part II reviews several recent legal…

Collective bargaining is intended to define what constitutes faculty union rights. Union claims to rights must be based on the content of the Agreement. Several union rights negotiated by faculty organizations with college and university administrations are detailed. These include agreements on who manages internal union affairs; rights that…

This report on collective bargaining in universities is divided into 7 sections. Section I contains the questions asked and responses from persons in universities that: (1) have collective bargaining contracts; and (2) have organized for collective bargaining but contracts have not been fully negotiated. The questions concern the date the contract…

The academic union movement is part of the growing trend to collective bargaining among public employees in general that has been reinforced by special features peculiar to the higher education industry. (Author)

Position considered at the 58th Annual Meeting of the AAUP. (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)

This review examines the import of current trends in higher education on faculty. It includes both a general discussion of forces influencing faculty life styles (with implications for administrators) and a critical review of recent research literature, including studies on such topics as supply and demand, mobility, collective bargaining, and…