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Wilson, Mark B.; Alge, Daniel – Industry and Higher Education, 2007
Many jurisdictions, including the European Patent Office (EPO), have opposition proceedings in which an interested third party can challenge the validity of the claims of an issued patent. The United States Congress is considering legislation that would introduce opposition proceedings in the USA. This paper reviews the existing EPO and proposed…
Descriptors: Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, Grievance Procedures, Arbitration
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Russo, Charles J. – Education and the Law, 2007
As the most unionized segment of the public sector workforce in the USA, teachers and their bargaining representatives wield significant power in the world of educational labour relations and beyond. Yet, just as the First Amendment's freedom of association clause affords unions the right to exist, its concomitant recognition that employees are…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
Semeniuk, S. F. – 1974
The nature and status of collective bargaining by faculty in colleges and universities in both the United States and Canada are reviewed. The growth patterns for collective negotiation in both countries and the causal factors for faculty unions are contrasted. The use of collective bargaining in higher education raises issues, including the…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Contracts, Faculty
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Palfreyman, David – Education and the Law, 2005
The article compares the employment regime for academics in UK HEIs with that of faculty in US HEIs. It considers, "inter alia", "progressive discipline", "at will contracts", "the Model Statute", "academic freedom", "faculty misconduct" and "academic underperformance".…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Faculty, Comparative Education, Higher Education
Johnson, Beth Hillman, Ed. – 1996
This collection of 18 papers review the fundamentals in collective bargaining in higher education. Areas discussed include arbitration, grievance preparation, the collective bargaining process, diversity, technology, staff bargaining, and faculty and staff participation in employee involvement schemes. An annual legal update is included. The…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1977
This report for Congress recommends improvements in the federal government's system for processing the individual discrimination complaints of federal employees and job applicants. The content is presented in seven chapters. The first, an introduction, presents the scope of review. The second chapter on system planning and implementation covers…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Due Process, Employment Programs, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Douglas, Joel M.; Flanzraich, Lisa – 1982
A bibliography of 765 items which illustrates the wide range of topics that affect collective bargaining in higher education and the professions for 1981, is presented. Items are dated 1978 or later, and ERIC reference numbers are cited where appropriate. The primary focus and interest is academic collective bargaining; however, the literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Affirmative Action, Arbitration