The 50-State Comparison on teacher employment contract policies provides a national comparison of teacher employment contract policies in all states. All of the information was gathered from and focused on state statutes and regulations. State case law was also utilized for metrics related to collective bargaining. Data collection focused…

Deciding under what circumstances teachers are laid off during a reduction in force or dismissed will always be a tightrope. Teachers deserve a fair process and one that respects their contributions to a school district, just as every student deserves competent teachers. This NCTQ Databurst looks at how states approach these two tough issues,…

For both proponents and critics alike, among the most salient features of charter schooling today is their freedom from collective bargaining agreements that shape staffing and work rules and limit school administrators' discretion. This is changing in some states where a small but growing number of charter schools are unionized. How collective…

This report concerns actions taken by the administration of Spalding University to terminate the appointment of tenured professor of social work Erlene Grise-Owens after she criticized the administration's handling of an incident involving a student who brought a gun to a campus parking lot. The social work school's chair immediately alerted…

This report concerns actions taken by the administration of University of Nebraska-Lincoln to suspend lecturer, Courtney Lawton from her teaching responsibilities--initially, for stated safety concerns. Lawton is a sixth-year doctoral student with a part-time appointment as lecturer for the 2017-18 academic year. She received threats after a video…

The publication is advice designed to help employers in all schools with staffing and employment issues, and to inform their decision making. It advises on matters contained within the School Staffing (England) Regulations 2009 for maintained schools and for independent schools, which include academies and free schools, the Education (Independent…

This article describes how different constituencies in a major research university tried to initiate change despite disagreements over common goals, norms and principles. The context was a culture war. The university administration wanted to impose a corporatising and privatising philosophy which it felt was crucial to preserving the university's…

The annual compilation for 1976 of the few unresolved cases involving serious departures from the standards for notice supported by AAUP is presented. Institutions involved are Hampton Institute in Virginia, Memphis State University, San Francisco Art Institute, and Shelby State Community College in Tennessee. (LBH)

This article discusses some of the cases in the public sector in which the courts have intervened in the arbitration process. The cases discussed have construed narrowly the delegation of school board authority in the areas of teacher dismissal and assignment in spite of negotiated collective bargaining agreements. Cases in New York, New Jersey,…

A discussion of Virginia Community Colleges' personnel policy is presented. Procedures discussed include those for: (1) dismissal of college personnel holding faculty rank, (2) non-reappointment of college personnel holding faculty rank, (3) faculty grievance, and (4) professional employees' appointment policy. (CK)

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This paper presents two actual problems involving grievance procedures. Both problems involve pending litigation and one of them involves pending arbitration. The first problem occurred in a wealthy Minnesota school district and involved a seniority list. Because of changes in the financial basis for supporting public schools, it became necessary…

Describes six representative grievances that have arisen in Pennsylvania state colleges since enactment of public employee collective bargaining legislation, focusing on case backgrounds, applicable contract provisions, contentions of opponents, and arbitrators' decisions. The grievances discussed involve termination of employment, tenure,…

The differences between industrial assumptions and decision-making processes in institutions of higher education are outlined. The alternatives accommodating the grievance arbitration procedure to those processes are also surveyed along with tentative assessments of the awards made. Available from: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.…

AAUP's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure reports on the investigation of SUNY in this article. Grievances at various locations are reviewed, including the major one of retrenchment at SUNY Central. SUNY officials reply. (LBH)