The conditions surrounding appointments of full-time, tenure-tract, teaching faculty and administration produce one area in collective bargaining contracts that affects equally every employee of an institution. Several of these conditions are discussed: initial appointments; appointment authority; conflict of appointment authority; appointment…

Collective bargaining at public institutions of higher education has the potential for creating an atmosphere allowing political interference with academic freedom. Most contracts signed at public institutions contain a section that states that certain economic issues are subject to the approval or funding of the state legislature before they…

The recent expansion of collective bargaining among faculty unions has led to the establishment of new organizational rules. These new rules eliminate discretion, but unlike traditional rules imposed by superiors to control subordinates, collective bargaining initiates a different format for rule-making--formal joint determination. Collective…

Collective bargaining is intended to define what constitutes faculty union rights. Union claims to rights must be based on the content of the Agreement. Several union rights negotiated by faculty organizations with college and university administrations are detailed. These include agreements on who manages internal union affairs; rights that…