The trend of unionization and collective bargaining on college and university campuses is viewed. (HS)

Examined the processes and dynamics involved in the election of the General Secretary to the United Kingdom's Association of University Teachers. Concluded that the election was an exercise in "limited democracy" and "safety first," perpetuating traditionalist over modernizing leadership. (EV)

Mary Jo Maydew articulates her priorities as 2002-2003 board chair of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO): helping business officers maximize their expanding roles on campus and guiding the association in better serving member needs. (EV)

Describes how, as adjunct professors flock to unions, they face a choice: Join with full-timers, gaining strength in numbers? Or go their own way, to keep an independent voice? (EV)

Describes faculty's efforts to unionize at Sage Colleges in Troy, New York, including legal hurdles (the Supreme Court's decision in National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University), reasons cited by faculty for the union effort, and administrative reaction. (EV)

To provide a better sense of how academic unions handle a strike situation, examines six unions who, between 1996 and 2000, went through strikes. Discusses the key issues and outcomes of the strikes. (EV)

This article presents a statement of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, which was endorsed by member representatives at the association's 2006 annual meeting. In their statement, the Board of Directors revisit the basic principles and discuss the role of academic freedom. Four misconceptions about…

The Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) is a non-profit professional association committed to improvement of educational opportunities for Americans of Mexican ancestry. It is an association for educators, researchers, administrators, and students in higher education. The 1985 directory lists the 226 association members,…

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…

A search and screen process was conducted to fill the position of chairperson for the Division of Education, Indiana University at South Bend, during the school year 1975-76. A cost analysis of this procedure was done based on certain assumptions: (1) the long history and general acceptance of the process in higher education; (2) the collective…

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…

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…