The prevalence of labour disruptions in the Canadian education sector requires a comprehensive analysis of the adverse implications of strikes for stakeholders and Canadian society in general. Education is a kind of public good that generates positive externalities and strikes in Canadian universities and colleges engender negative externalities…

This exploratory study questions whether Master of Public Administration programs prepare future public administrators to how gender plays out in negotiations that occur in organizations. Negotiated Order and Second-Generation Bias perspectives provide the theoretical basis to understand that negotiations in organizations may privilege masculine…

This article categorizes institutions under both the 2015 Carnegie Basic Classification system and the mission-driven classification system, and further analyzes both by the presence of a collective bargaining agreement. The goal of this article was to use the presentation of data on revenue, employment numbers, salary outlays, and the presence or…

A decade ago, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), working with a national task force, developed an illustrative memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was widely promulgated and served as a model for agreements at many institutions and systems. This…

This is a great time for individuals aspiring to the community college presidency. According to the 2012 American College President Study by the American Council on Education, in 2006, 47 percent of community college presidents were 51 to 60 years old and only 37 percent were between the ages of 61 and 70. More than five years later, 51 percent…

Purpose: As the predicted escalation in the litigation becomes a reality for universities in the UK, increasing importance is placed on the consideration given to the integrity of institutional protocols regulating decision making at all stages of student progression. The purpose of this paper is to outline the structures that are in place to…

After nearly four decades of campaigning, faculty and academic staff union members across the University of Wisconsin (UW) System won the right to bargain collectively in June 2009 when the Governor signed legislation that modified state labor law. In this paper, I present historical and interdisciplinary analyses of the organizational structures…

This report is a compilation of the major substance of collectively bargained contracts in higher education. This document is intended for two audiences--those persons who are engaged in the collective bargaining process and want information on the "state of the contracts," and second, those persons who are interested in the study of collective…

The growth in the number of higher education collective bargaining contracts continues at a rapid pace, although it is taking longer for the initial contract to be negotiated. The data on 131 contracts covering 215 institutions is included in the statistical tables in this document. Collective bargaining has increased in the West and at least one…

Presents an annotated bibliography: Five entries regarding theories and practices of academic budgeting; four entries regarding preparing a budget; and six entries addressing negotiating budgets and stretching money further. (SG)

This document is the collective bargaining agreement between the University of Scranton and its faculty effective September 1, 1975 until August 31, 1976. Its provisions include all full-time faculty members associated with the Reading Clinic and Counseling Center, full-time faculty assigned to the Department of Physical Education, full-time…

Central Michigan University and Central Michigan University Faculty Association endorsed this statement on faculty reductions/reallocations, implementation and effects on individuals. The purpose of this statement is to provide guidance on the matter of retrenchments (reductions/reallocation). (MJM)

This report represents a natural aftermath to the National Labor Relations Board's 1970 assertion of jurisdiction over private universities and colleges. For the first time, the Board decided that employees of private higher educational institutions had the right to unionize and to bargain collectively with their employer. The so-protected…

This document presents amendments to the agreement between the Board of Trustees of Oakland University and the Oakland University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Two major amendments cover salaries or awards and research funds. For the agreement, see HE 005 147. (MJM)

From personal relationships to complex business dealings, negotiations are essential forms of communication. But negotiation skills are often neglected in university courses. One reason for this neglect is the difficulty of teaching negotiations effectively. Such teaching requires both an underlying theoretical base and activities that provide…