Examines how community college presidents respond to unions. The presidents studied were socialized to new activities and adopted new modes of behavior that can be characterized as "strategic." They perceived the faculty union as potentially harmful to themselves and to their ideas about the welfare of the college. (Author/IRT)

Examines two statewide arbitration decisions between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association. Describes the effects of the arbitration awards on state politics and on the allocation of state funds to the rest of higher education. (RW)