Exploring the interplay between teacher solidarity and fragmentation in Arizona, this paper uses a critical bifocality lens to examine the experiences of six teacher organisers during the pandemic. This qualitative research centres teacher organisers' experience in an iterative analysis of policy and pandemic context, labour action, and teachers'…

Factors contributing to the ineffectiveness of faculty senates include paternalism on the part of a chief administrator who may also reject the senate's advice, recommendations or decisions; differing points of view regarding its authority; the relationships between its members; time required for meetings; student alienation, and other problems…

BY VIRTUE OF THEIR COMPETENCE IN SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES AND IN EDUCATION, JUNIOR COLLEGE FACULTIES ARE QUALIFIED TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS IN EDUCATIONAL POLICY MATTERS AND SHOULD HAVE AN ACTIVE, MEANINGFUL ROLE IN COLLEGE GOVERNANCE. THE EXTENT OF SUCH PARTICIPATION SHOULD BE THE SAME AS IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. FACULTIES…

This paper is an exercise in the study of David Easton's "dynamic response model of a political system," as found in "A Systems Analysis of Political Life." After a brief review of the theory, the development of a local "Reduction in Force" policy is described as an example of faculty organization policy influence on…

This report, a description and analysis of the early formation period of the academic senate movement in California community colleges, is a portion of a larger study conducted in 1967. Responses from senate presidents provided a large measure of the data on problems and issues of forming a senate. Legal enactments from Sacramento in 1963, 1964,…

Describes how the University of Akron's board of trustees reacted to a newly formed union by substantially reducing the faculty's decision-making role. (EV)

PRESIDENTS OF 68 CALIFORNIA PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES RESPONDED TO A QUESTIONNAIRE CONCERNING THE PLACE OF THE FACULTY SENATE IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT. AT A MAJORITY OF THE COLLEGES (1) AN ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL REVIEWED SENATE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT, (2) THE SENATE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS IN MATTERS OTHER THAN POLICY, (3) THE…

Implementation of a "master contract" between the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association and the state board has altered relationships between faculty and administrators, promoting animosity and distrust. This article discusses the conflict between union tactics and the traditional character of the academic community. (NHM)

This study identifies areas of administration-faculty conflict and offers a strategy for resolution. Information was collected by mail and interview. From the findings, inferences were drawn relating to the causes of conflict, as shown by the differences in perception of the administrator and teacher, in attitudes to the open-door policy, and in…

This paper compares the structure, operation and representative character of academic senates at the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Minnesota, the Pennsylvania State University, and Fresno State College. The first section discusses the organization of the senates at the 4 institutions including senate structures, committee…

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

With reference to personal experience, labor board decisions, and faculty collective bargaining agreements, the author discusses the causes of faculty unionism, what constitutes a tenure system and what problems it creates, what is involved in the bargaining process, and the implications involved in negotiating tenure. (JT)

A questionnaire on collective bargaining was sent to California community college presidents and presidents of academic senates in the spring of 1975. Respondents included 101 college presidents and 101 presidents of academic senates. The questionnaire consisted of 22 statements, about which respondents were to express their degree of agreement on…

The purpose of this paper is to set forth some criticisms of faculty senates, the most common type of representation system on US campuses. Faculty senates vary a great deal but are all, in theory and practice, a type of employee council. Historically, employee councils have failed to provide effective leadership and some of their deficiencies are…