In this article, I examine the relationship between unionism and academic freedom as revealed by 50 years of reports by the American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Written following investigations of significant and/or intractable situations, the reports demonstrate the complex interactions…

Scholarly groups have long served as hubs of academic life and the embodiments of their disciplines, but they face uncertain and divergent futures. Some disciplinary associations are struggling to remain relevant and financially viable as demographic and technological changes threaten their traditional sources of revenue. The core of their…

In this article, the author discusses the issues surrounding contingent faculty. Contingent faculty members are central to academe's future because prevailing logics of the market can confuse accountability with accession to any and all "customer" demands; faculty organizations can instead take the opportunity to hold academic managers and…

Dr. Jane Buck, who spent almost her entire career teaching psychology at Delaware State University, the only historically Black college in Delaware, is the outgoing president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Having grown up in a family of civil rights activists in Reading, Pennsylvania, it seems appropriate that Buck…

Collective bargaining, a relatively recent development in higher education, has aroused considerable interest among the members of the academic community. Recent developments in higher education have encouraged their interest: a depressed job market; serious institutional financial difficulties; state centralization and loss of campus autonomy;…

Criteria and procedures for dismissing full-time faculty at Grays Harbor College are listed. These procedures are to be followed for faculty dismissal because of program termination or reduction, decreases in enrollment, changes in educational policy or substantial evidence of a serious shortage of funds. All phases of the reduction process are…

Members of the AAUP's staff, acting on behalf of Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, communicate during the course of each year with administrations under censure. A summary of developments at institutions on the list of Censured Administrations is presented. (Author/MLW)

Explores the aspects of campus collective bargaining -- issues, causes favoring unionization, benefits to be gained, and results to date. (Author)

The first article in this three-part series (Christian Higher Education 5(3) 2006: 279-293) introduced the topic of tenure in American evangelical Christian colleges and universities. This article presents the findings from a study designed to ascertain the tenure policies and practices of member institutions in the Council for Christian Colleges…

Reprints of documents concerning the First Annual Meeting of the AAUP and the activities of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure are presented including the 1915 "Declaration of Principles." (MLW)

Responds to David Cameron's "More than an Academic Question" and to the review by Barbara Anderson disagreeing with Cameron's suggestion that democratization and decentralization were a mistake, and arguing for collective bargaining. The paper counters Cameron's support of the continuation of mandatory retirement with reference to the…

Answers are provided to eleven questions regarding legal aspects of collective bargaining in higher education in Canada. Issues discussed include certification of faculty associations as bargaining agents, coverage of bargaining agreements, preserving of salary differentials based on marketable skills, and effects on merit pay, job security, and…

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)

Contract clauses on tenure, promotion, salaries, faculty workload, and retrenchment are compared with the national stances of the American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, and the National Education Association. Conclusion is that national organizational positions are not reliable predictors of individual…

Contents of the Trenton State College, New Jersey, faculty handbook include policies on academic affairs including student records, procedures and criteria for faculty appointment, tenure, and promotion, functions of standing committees, New Jersey code of ethics and travel regulations, and description of faculty organizations. (JT)