A sample of 524 elementary and 816 secondary teachers was used to evaluate the plausibility of 7 models of teacher militancy concerning issues of workplace control. The more plausible models are those that explain militancy as a function of the extent of teachers' integration into the organization and their affective response to organizational…

Findings suggest that not only has the use of factfinding declined within the teacher sector of public employee bargaining, but that the decline is likely to continue. Increased teacher militancy reflects the times. (Author/MW)

The administrator's role in the change process is not all clear. Role conflict has been a barrier to administrators acting as change agents. Although the functions of executive, leader, maintainer, and policy implementer are common to most administrators, the total dimensions of administrative roles are seldom laid out in any job description. The…

The speaker establishes himself in opposition to teacher strikes, outlines the scope of teacher strikes, discusses arguments for and against the right of teachers to strike, presents the kinds of strikes that are possible, outlines what a board and the administration can do to head off a strike, and presents the American Association of School…

College faculties have been considerably slower than their public school counterparts in joining in the collective bargaining movement. The first large scale attempt was not made until 1965. The initial campaign to organize faculty in support of collective negotiations was in the California State College system, and the little empirical research…

This document presents the results of a study designed to elicit characteristics of professors in the field of the social sciences in the California State Colleges. The findings of the study support previous findings related to other social scientists in other parts of the country. Highlights of the findings include: (1) Social scientists tend to…

This document represents a substantial attempt to survey the literature of labor negotiations as it relates to the faculty in higher education. Works are included that provide a history of collective bargaining in the U.S. and the evaluation of the laws governing labor relations. The pros and cons on the applicability of various bargaining…

Examines teacher organization involvement in politics at the state and federal level, particularly in collective bargaining issues. (IRT)

Author tells of his experience of being fired from the faculty at Stanford University because of his affiliation with the Communist party. (HS)

Discusses the case of H. Bruce Franklin, a professor removed from the faculty of Stanford University because of his political beliefs and actions. (HS)

Reviews the reactions of various sectors of Stanford University to the firing of H. Bruce Franklin because of his political beliefs and actions. (HS)

The author envisions a form of collective bargaining that will be beneficial to the total structure of higher education and which could enhance the goal of universal higher education. (Editor)

The author expounds further on an article in which he envisioned collective bargaining in higher education as beneficial and an agent for universal education. (Editor/HS)