Reports on a study conducted to distinguish practices in collective bargaining between the faculty and the institution from practices at institutions operating without collective bargaining. (Editor)

The structure of collective bargaining in public higher education reflects closely the way the state and the administration of the various institutions are related to each other. (Editor)

Recent emphasis on employee training in higher education is due to the financial crises faced by most colleges and the pressures exerted upon them by unions. (HS)

The expanding role for personnel administration is following two patterns: the evolution of the traditional staff personnel function and the administrative implementation of a new system of personnel administration. (Editor)

Academic personnel administration, characterized by a decentralized decisionmaking structure based on professional standards and judgments of academic peers, would be seriously deminished if a bureaucratic pattern of centralized and coordinated personnel administration was to occur in universities. (Editor)

A study of attitudes and opinions of staff personnel of Indiana University, as a sample population, regarding the possibility of their participation in the governance of a university. (Author)

Alternatives to faculty retrenchment requiring neither large amounts of added revenue nor plans to increase enrollment are examined. Suggestions include sabbatical leaves, use of part-time faculty, early retirement, and tenure modifications. An excerpt from a faculty contract is provided. (LC)