Reminisces about last year's educator's strike In Hawaii, the first time a strike has shut down a state's entire education system. Relishes the unity and power demonstrated by colleagues at the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, but acknowledges that there are great differences in what different sectors of the faculty--especially research…

Describes a transition process at Susquehanna University designed to help its new president adjust to the institution. Discusses the transition committee's efforts, including formation of a schedule for the new president, sharing of institutional information, and planning various meetings with important constituencies. Includes sidebars on useful…

Three methods of making institutional decisions are analyzed. They represent progressive separation of decision-making authority from the academic institution: shared authority, collective bargaining, and arbitration. The author warns that increased reliance on external decision makers may be detrimental to maintaining a concept of community…

Members of the Theory into Practice Subcommittee of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Curriculum Committee were sent an open-ended questionnaire in September 1982. The questionnaire elicited responses from 46 of the 120 subcommittee members. An introduction explains the purpose of the survey as a predecessor for a…

The findings of two case studies of "no agent" victories in faculty representation elections are reported: Albion College, a small, private, co-educational, church-related college, and Michigan State University, a multi-missioned public university, first member of the Big Ten to have faculty representation elections. (JT)

Considers factors that led to the formation of the Association of Polytechnic Teachers (APT) in England assessing its role as one of some 20 such teachers organizations and concluding it is a retrogressive step not in the collective interests of polytechnic academic staff or English higher education in general. (JT)

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…

The sole issue discussed in this amicus brief is whether law faculty should be in a representational unit separate from the rest of the university in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) conducted elections. It is the position of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) that the NLRB should adopt a policy of preferring to place law faculty…

Steps in the development of a Nucleus Testing Committee to assist in the development of a system-wide testing program in the Madison, Wisconsin, school system are described. Over 60 participants were selected for the committee, using the following selection guidelines: interest in the project and the role to be assumed, commitment to the school…

Describes the leadership role of community colleges in the trend toward collective bargaining in higher education. Reviews the factors that impel community colleges toward negotiations and analyzes possible areas for incorporation into bargaining agreements. (Available from Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 43 Central Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735;…

Discusses the views of the NEA and American Federation of Teachers on the separate Department of Education proposed by the Carter administration. (SB)

The probability that union activities will increase in higher education is heightened by the strong endorsement of collective bargaining made in 1984 by the American Association of University Professors and by recent court decisions putting increased stress on nonorganized faculty members. (PGD)

Little of the scholarship that focuses on the professional lives of women faculty addresses how faculty women mobilize or how and with whom they create networks to work in academe. Women now make up more than 50% of the undergraduate student population, and just over 40% of Ph.D. recipients are women. Many campuses house women's centers and other…

This paper offers a legal examination of shared governance in higher education. It discusses what shared governance is; the legal character of faculty senates; faculty handbooks as enforceable contracts for governance provisions; faculty enforcement of statutory shared governance protections (the California experience); shared governance, "no…

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