At a time when universities are finding increasing difficulty in making ends meet, legal costs are seen as becoming a major problem. The Center for Mediation in Higher Education, an organization which espouses the use of third party neutrals to help adversaries negotiate, is described. (MLW)

Unionization of college and university faculty is one of the few areas of growth in higher education, say these dialogue participants. They discuss whether the institution can survive collective bargaining or whether it can survive without it. (Editor/LBH)

In this essay recounting a midcareer faculty review, Vilma Hernandez is the fictitious name of a faculty member originally hired for affirmative action reasons who fails because of her inability to solicit support and the university's failure to offer it. Concludes that the university allowed her to fail. (JMF)

The role and legal responsibility of interns and residents has become a subject of controversy, and the National Labor Relations Board has declared that hospital housestaff are students and their unions are unprotected by national labor legislation. Related labor problems such as strikes, wages, training, and foreign students are discussed. (LBH)

Collective bargaining is gaining in community colleges as more part-time teachers are being admitted to unions. The rivalry between the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers is discussed along with the status of collective bargaining in California, Colorado, and Massachusetts. (LBH)

Student activism has taken the form of student unions, frequently with political and financial support from student government leaders. Their roles in specific institutions, especially regarding collective bargaining, are discussed. (LBH)