In response to the COVID-19 crisis, school districts worked quickly to roll out distance learning plans in the spring. Sometimes these plans impinged upon or were directly in conflict with provisions found in collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) negotiated between teachers' unions and district administration. In this brief, we unpack how urban…

Academic career paths in Europe are heterogeneous, and the chances for early career researchers to become a permanent member of the academic profession differ from country to country. In some countries, the employment prospects are very insecure. It is asked whether contract conditions at universities influence the chance of taking over a mature…

Provides board members, administrators, and teachers with basic legal principles governing teacher contracts. (AH)

Workload clauses in 92 collective bargaining contracts provides one basis for predicting future trends and tradeoffs. (Editor)

This agreement was made and entered into as of April 9, 1974 by and between Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey; and the Faculty Association of Monmouth College, a corporation of the state of New Jersey. The agreement is in effect until June 30, 1976. Articles of the agreement include sections covering: academic rank; equal employment;…

Articles of this agreement cover: definitions and construction, recognition of the council, nondiscrimination, salary, fringe benefits, leaves of absence, faculty workload, working conditions, calendars and schedules, departmental governance, college governance, campus governance, university commission and financial exigency, security of…

This document describes the contract agreement made on February 7, 1975 by and between the Board of Trustees of Jamestown College and the Jamestown College Education Association. The contract contains articles describing the agreed to: duration and redefinition of the contract, workload and curriculum, salary schedule, faculty benefits, and due…

This agreement between the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Board of Trustees and the Kalamazoo Valley Community College Faculty Association covers the period 1971-1973. Articles cover recognition, responsibilities and privileges of association, employment conditions, working conditions, professional compensation, grievance procedure, and other…

Contract clauses on tenure, promotion, salaries, faculty workload, and retrenchment are compared with the national stances of the American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, and the National Education Association. Conclusion is that national organizational positions are not reliable predictors of individual…

This agreement is in effect from September 19, 1974 until July 1, 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: academic freedom, selection of deans, annual review of faculty, leaves of absence, faculty load, grievance procedures, salaries, fringe benefits, and faculty appointments. Appendixes include sections covering salaries, fringe benefits, summer…

This agreement, dated 1 September 1973, is effective until 31 August 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: administration-union relationships; academic freedom and responsibility; grievance and arbitration; Academic ranks; appointments; union activity; class size; personnel files; workload; salaries; fringe benefits; tenure and lay-offs; and…

The purpose of this agreement is to provide the faculty-professional rank staff and the University of Bridgeport with a contract that will insure a healthy and viable institution of higher learning, capable of supporting a quality educational program. Articles of the agreement cover: definitions and construction; recognition of the AAUP; general…

This collective bargaining agreement is between the University of Delaware and the American Association of University Professors, University of Delaware Chapter. Articles cover agreement, purpose, recognition, AAUP membership, AAUP representatives and privileges, bargaining unit membership, union responsibilities, grievance procedure, personnel…

Split contracting is one answer to the problems of budget and manpower for expanding women's athletic programs. (MM)

To acquaint the faculty and administrators with the scope and breadth of community college collective bargaining agreements, excerpts of selected topics are reproduced in this document without comment. On each topic two or three excerpts from different agreements are reproduced. The following topics are treated: (1) recognition of the employee…