This report is a case study of the Academic Senate at The Pennsylvania State University, and is based on the Senate's organization and functioning from 1966 through 1970. In late 1970, the Academic Senate ceased to exist and the new University Faculty Senate was created. Section I of the report discusses authority relations in higher education.…

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

This study examined the degree and nature of current faculty participation in decision making in California community colleges, and, in the judgment of faculty members and administrators, the degree to which faculty members should participate. A random sampling of the staff of 81 community colleges during the fall of 1969 resulted in completed…

An official position statement on collective bargaining endorsed by the American Association of University Professors. (Author)

Paper delivered at a meeting of professors of higher education held in conjunction with, but not as an official part of, the National Conference of the American Association for Higher Education (Chicago, March 1969).

One of the most significant changes in patterns of authority and influence in higher education during the last quarter century is the great growth of faculty power, coupled with rapid faculty professionalization. Several studies have pointed out that under ordinary conditions, ruling "elites" take over faculty affairs, and participation…

Analyzes the responsibilities of the college examiner, whose role as evaluator of a college rather than of the collective bargaining process is considered. (RK)

As the use of collective bargaining becomes more extensive, the most suitable role for the administrator in faculty negotiations may be to assure that it provides a positive influence. (Editor)

The findings of two case studies of "no agent" victories in faculty representation elections are reported: Albion College, a small, private, co-educational, church-related college, and Michigan State University, a multi-missioned public university, first member of the Big Ten to have faculty representation elections. (JT)

Campus grievance procedures, now mandated for most institutions by the Title IX regulations, ordinarily include informal measures to resolve a grievance, provision for a formal written complaint for the grievant, a grievance committee with a number of roles, a hearing committee for cases involving major policy issues and major sanctions, and a set…

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…

Discusses the calculus of role, organizational and status considerations that account for the origins of faculty discontent. (Author/RK)