Pennsylvania's Act 195, the Public Employee Relations Act, went into effect in October 1970. The Act, a piece of model legislation in the area of collective negotiations, provides for the right of employees to organize and to be represented by an exclusive bargaining agent; provides for mediation, fact-finding, and arbitration services; and takes…

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)

Describes the leadership role of community colleges in the trend toward collective bargaining in higher education. Reviews the factors that impel community colleges toward negotiations and analyzes possible areas for incorporation into bargaining agreements. (Available from Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 43 Central Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735;…

The Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 15, Wenatchee Valley College, adopted a resolution to govern the representation of academic employees in their relations with the Community College District. Emphasis is placed on recognition, guiding principles, procedures, resolution of differences, and revision. (MJM)

The Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 2 and the Grays Harbor College Faculty Association agreement concerning cooperative board-Staff relations is presented. Following recognition, emphasis is placed on procedures, and resolution of differences. The section on procedures covers association participation, directing requests,…

How the Michigan Association of Higher Education became the collective bargaining agent for the faculty of Central Michigan University. (IR)

Presents a case study of events leading to the collective bargaining representation election at Syracuse University in an effort to describe the complex situation facing a university administration which must assess unionization impact on the institution, including the possibility that opposition to it may support the collective bargaining effort.…

This report serves as a model of collective negotiations and the community college system. An overview of negotiations in public education is offered, as well as a discussion of the history of faculty organization and the resulting negotiations at Massasoit Community College. Two specific problems arise in negotiations: the recognition of the…

This document presents the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, consisting of the faculty of the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Community Colleges. Twenty-one articles comprise this contract and cover the…

To acquaint the faculty and administrators with the scope and breadth of community college collective bargaining agreements, excerpts of selected topics are reproduced in this document without comment. On each topic two or three excerpts from different agreements are reproduced. The following topics are treated: (1) recognition of the employee…

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…

This report presents information and statistical data on higher education faculty contracts and bargaining agents in the U.S. The report lists, for each institution of higher education, the bargaining agent, unit size, year current agent was elected, initial contract date, number of campuses, and contract expiration date. The report also lists…

Four factors--faculty organization policies, levels of decisionmaking, decision-making authority, and the extent of individual bargaining--are identified and analyzed as the most important determinants of the scope of bargaining in any given school and existing collective agreements are analyzed to determine the present scope of bargaining in…

Since collective bargaining is a practice that is growing even more rapidly in community colleges than in other areas of higher education, the concepts involved in bargaining and contracts are of particular interest to community colleges. Contracts differ from policies in that contracts require the approval of all parties, who are considered…

Collective bargaining at public institutions of higher education has the potential for creating an atmosphere allowing political interference with academic freedom. Most contracts signed at public institutions contain a section that states that certain economic issues are subject to the approval or funding of the state legislature before they…