The possibility of increased power of teacher unions due to a massive increase in membership could create an imbalance among competing (power) centers, causing serious social dislocation. (Author)

School principals are being pushed from below by militant teachers and court protected students, while being pressured from above by harried superintendents and accountability-conscious board members. The middle part of the 1970's may well be the last chance for maintaining principals as an integral part of the management of the schools.…

Presented are two arguments on academic collective bargaining, by John R. Silber and Robert Nielsen. Dr. Silber argues that faculty organization causes the university to become more like a factory than a university, that a faculty member has more in common with a middle level manager today than with a professor of 25 years ago, and that…

Preview of Annual Convention of the American Association of School Administrators (Atlantic City, N.J., February 15-19, 1969).

This document contains summaries of and a synthesis of the commentary on papers presented at the Conference on the Frontier in School Leadership. The authors and their papers are (1) John I. Goodlad, "Middle Management in Educational Change: Hope or Despair?" (2) Egon G. Guba, "Missing Roles in School Leadership: Matters Tended and Untended," (3)…

This volume contains five state-of-the-knowledge papers commissioned by ERIC/CEA (now ERIC/CEM) and presented at a conference sponsored by ERIC/CEA and CASEA. The authors and the titles of the papers are: Willis W. Harman, "Nature of Our Changing Society: Implications for Schools"; Richard C. Williams, "Teacher Militancy: Implications for the…

This report discusses the types, development, and dynamics of school disputes, and indicates when intervention can bring them to satisfactory resolutions. The format is essentially a casebook of various kinds of disputes and dispute-causing issues. Two kinds of school disputes are emphasized: school-community and internal organizational. The final…

The information in this report reveals that an estimated 118,000 teachers participated in strike action and that an estimated 911,000 man-days of instruction were involved in work stoppages that varied in duration from one-half day to 23 days. Tables provide data on (1) man-days involved; (2) strikes and work stoppages by organization, month, and…

The information in this report reveals that an estimated 89,651 teachers participated in strike action and that an estimated 717,217 man-days of instruction were involved in work stoppages that varied in duration from one day to 12 weeks. Tables provide data on (1) man-days involved; (2) strikes and work stoppages by organization, month, and…

This document presents a discussion and projections of future involvement of higher education in the courts. Seven major hypotheses are discussed in detail that will either dissuade or encourage academic court litigation. These are: (1) Colleges and universities will turn increasingly to the courts for protection against hostile external pressures…

It has been determined by previous studies that student uprisings and demands could not be successful if the college faculty were not in support of the cause. The present study was conducted to verify certain expectations of the author concerning student-faculty relationships and attitudes. In particular, it was expected that faculty and student…

This publication is the complete transcription of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program consisted of an informal debate on various educational issues between Terry Herndon, executive director of the National Education Association (NEA), and Albert Shanker, president of the American…

Identifies the advantages of employing a professional negotiator to represent boards of education in negotiations with teachers. (MLF)

Teachers should be taught to take leadership roles in the formulation of educational policy and practice in the school system. (JD)