Explores how boards of trustees and presidents have long struggled to find the best ways to consult faculty and to work with faculty governance bodies. Discusses some of the current complications with faculty senates, including their complex history and splits within the faculty, and relates some of their successes. (EV)

This paper responds to Resolution 9.05 Fall 2007, calling for an update of the Academic Senate's 1996 paper Program Review: Developing a Faculty Driven Process in the light of recent accreditation changes and other emerging issues. This paper has been written to expand on the best elements of the 1996 paper and to stand on its own without…

The Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics has been collecting Enrollment and Degree data for over four decades. This departmental census goes out in the fall of each year to all physics and astronomy departments in the US and Puerto Rico. This report is based on data collected in the fall of 2005 from the 764 departments…

This guide describes a project (Teamwork Approach to Better Schools) developed to promote the establishment of a formal teacher support network in a variety of schools within a local support district. The model is a guide to newcomers to the project, helping eliminate startup problems and providing a sound base of experiences. The program began…

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…

INCREASING TEACHER MILITANCY AND UNREST HAVE ATTRACTED NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF FACULTY PARTICIPATION AND VOICE IN GOVERNANCE. IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGE, COMPETITION FOR MEMBERS OF FACULTY ORGANIZATIONS IS INCREASING, AND THIS HETEROGENEITY HAS CAUSED LEADERS TO SEARCH FOR EFFECTIVE MEANS OF FACULTY SHARING IN GOVERNANCE. IN CALIFORNIA,…

FACULTY DISCONTENT, WHICH IS INCREASING AT ALL LEVELS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BUT ESPECIALLY IN PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES AND NEW 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS, RESULTS MORE FROM A DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN POLICY DECISIONS THAN FROM ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS. EFFECTIVE CAMPUS GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE BASED ON A CONCEPT OF "SHARED AUTHORITY" OF FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION…

A strong trend toward a federated structure in colleges and universities is affectin g faculty authority by weakening faculty as a whole and strengthening the faculty in its many parts. The collection of professional experts on one campus represents a system of groups with similar status and power that coexist or battle with each other within the…

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,…

A summary of California's regulations governing community college academic senates is provided, beginning with the 1963 resolution calling for an academic senate at each junior college to represent faculty in the formation of policy on academic and professional matters. The activities of the Junior College Bureau, the State Board of Education, the…

A university philosophy department chairman considers some of the elements of the faculty union movement and argues that the autonomy ("the rule of autonomous reason") of the professoriate is necessary to avoid a greater loss of academic freedom than collective bargaining might gain. (MF)

Examines how community college presidents respond to unions. The presidents studied were socialized to new activities and adopted new modes of behavior that can be characterized as "strategic." They perceived the faculty union as potentially harmful to themselves and to their ideas about the welfare of the college. (Author/IRT)

Higher education institutions rely increasingly on their faculty to create, implement, and validate administrative decisions. As a result, the position of faculty governance body leader provides a meaningful example of the type of faculty member who becomes involved in campus activities outside the normal workload. This study examined the work…

Describes the development of a communal affection among English department staff members during the author's tenure as department chairman. (TO)