A principal's level of involvement in collective bargaining can range from being a member of the negotiating team to merely being the recipient of the signed negotiated contract. This paper considers four possible roles for principals: (1) as a member of the negotiating team, (2) as part of a steering committee working with the negotiating team,…

This document presents the 17 articles of the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Board of Trustees of Delaware County Community College (DCCC) and the DCCC Association of Higher Education. It describes the relationship between the board and the association and outlines the rights of both organizations. Specifically discussed are:…

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)

This paper uses a formulation involving concepts of pure, mixed, and mutual accommodation bargaining. The formulation draws on concepts used in game theory, labor negotiations, and theories of conflict resolution; and a number of vaiables are examined in an effort to make sense out of collective negotiations. A changing utility model is developed…

Details the role of the school manager as he arranges educational district contracts in the delicate atmosphere of labor relations. (RK)

Offers practical advice concerning collective bargaining on college campuses. (HS)

Discussion of the new body of common law" governing grievance settlements under negotiated contracts, with useful recommendations. (Author)

Argues that negotiated contracts provide sufficient protection to teachers against caprice and political whimsy. (JF)

A sample survey of public-school teachers shows a majority favor the agency shop. (DB)

Did the 1982 National Football League strike have to last fifty-seven days? Did it have to occur at all? After reviewing the issues and events that developed during the five phases of the negotiation sessions, the author--a management negotiator in the recent strike--answers "no" to both questions. (SR)

Males and females participated in a coalition formation procedure by interacting with a computer program that simulated a pachisi game situation. Female partner preference data supported a weighted probability model of coalition formation over a bargaining theory. Male partner preference data did not support either theory. (Author)