In the early 1990s, a small group of dedicated two-year college English faculty, led by Helon Raines, began the fight for the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA), a professional organization that would give two-year college English faculty across the nation a respected identity and voice within the National Council of Teachers of English…

THE DEGREE OF OPERATIONAL DEMOCRACY WITHIN A JUNIOR COLLEGE AND, BY EXTENSION, WITHIN ANY SCHOOL OR COLLEGE IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE KIND OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE WHICH IS ESTABLISHED. THE STRUCTURE AND MECHANICS MOST SUPPORTIVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE AND ITS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM SHOULD HAVE MAXIMAL OPPORTUNITY FOR…

The Chancellor of the Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges comments on Minnesota's experience in administering the landmark April, 1973 contract with the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association. Observations on changes that will result from the new contract now under negotiation are also made. (NHM)

This article focuses on collective bargaining in two-year post-secondary institutions, and discusses the degree of representation with local affiliates of the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors, and independent agents. (NHM)

There has been a rapid increase of interest in recent years on the part of community college faculty in entering into collective negotiation agreements. Resulting benefits include the improved status of the teaching profession and the ability of the faculty to attract and retain qualified staff. (MN)

In this paper the authors survey the literature surrounding the changing role of faculty in governing academic institutions and controlling their own welfare. The review of materials goes back to 1920, documenting the concern of the professoriate for achieving some form of participative governance in higher education generally, but junior college…

The current conflict between faculty and administration will continue to grow and must receive attention from the junior college. Some conflict is natural and neither could nor should be eliminated. Increased faculty involvement in institutional governance will keep undesirable conflict at a minimum and will encourage constructive debate. The…

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…

Reviewed in this report are the steps that led to the formation of faculty senates in California. Through interviews, the functions of such senates and their current status were determined and guidelines were formulated that would lead toward implementation of the concept of shared authority in community college governance. Interviewing…

This article is an attempt to answer questions about professional staff contracts. (RK)

The standing committee system of a college is important to both its organizational and its administrative structure. This brochure presents in detail the composition, organization, schedule of meetings, preparation of agenda, recording procedures, functions, and mission of the College of the Mainland's administrative council, its standing…

To analyze collective negotiations, the author studied the scope, issues, and outcomes of agreements in effect (1967-68) in ten junior colleges in Illinois and Michigan. The colleges were selected for having (1) signed agreement with a local representative faculty organization, (2) experienced an actual or threatened work stoppage, (3) agreed to…

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 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,…

This study discusses faculty attitudes toward collective bargaining, including collective negotiations, sanctions, and withholding of faculty services. The purpose was to determine whether faculty members' perceptions of their capacities for power and mobility were related to their expression of relatively favorable or unfavorable attitudes toward…