This volume is a literature overview of school-business partnerships, encompassing types of partnerships, issues, program models, and information for development and research. The first section, "Perspectives," includes six articles that place partnerships in historic context, identify motivations that contribute to partnership…

Guidelines to help colleges and universities encourage equality and diversity within a framework of quality are presented. Recommendations are offered concerning: institutional leadership in promoting equal opportunity; effective recruitment, advancement, and support of personnel, especially of women, minorities, and disabled persons; the…

Because sedentary living creates health consequences that ultimately affect employees' productivity, many companies are sponsoring worksite physical fitness programs for their employees. The cost-effectiveness of such programs and the resulting reduction in employees' absenteeism rates and medical and health care costs have been well documented.…

Collective bargaining agreements between 15 selected community college districts in northern California and their faculty associations are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges and districts are included: Butte Community College District, Cabrillo Community College District, College of the…

Collective bargaining agreements of 22 selected Illinois two-year colleges are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1988. Contracts for the following colleges are included: Belleville Area College, Black Hawk College, Carl Sandburg College, College of Lake County, Cook County College, Highland Community College, Illinois Central College,…

Collective bargaining agreements of 15 selected New Jersey two-year colleges are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are included: Atlantic Community College, Bergen Community College, Brookdale Community College, Burlington County College, Camden County College, County College of Morris,…

Collective bargaining agreements of 19 selected Michigan two-year colleges are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are included: Alpena Community College, Bay de Noc Community College, Gogebic Community College, Grand Rapids Junior College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kellogg Community…

Collective bargaining agreements between 27 selected community colleges of the State University of New York and their faculty associations are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are included: Adirondack Community College, Broome Community College, Cayuga County Community College, Clinton…

This agreement between St. Louis Community College (SLCC) and the Junior College District-National Education Association (JCD-NEA) establishes board policy with respect to the employment of full-time faculty at SLCC. The articles in the agreement establish provisions and rights with respect to: (1) SLCC's recognition of the right of full-time…

Collective bargaining agreements between 14 selected community colleges in southern California and their faculty associations are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are included: Barstow College, Chaffey College, College of the Sequoias, El Camino College, Glendale Community College, Imperial…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Alaska and the Alaska Community Colleges' Federation of Teachers, the exclusive bargaining agent for all statewide rural education learning center and community college faculty, is presented, covering the period between April 1, 1984 and March 31, 1987. The 13 articles in the agreement…

This policy statement, adopted by the Board of Govenors of the Pima County Community College District in 1986, sets forth the personnel policies for faculty in the district. The 15 articles in the agreement include the preamble and related statements and cover the following topics: (1) conditions of work, including general responsibilities,…

Eight collective bargaining agreements between the boards of trustees of selected community colleges in Florida and their respective faculty associations are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are provided: Brevard Community College, Broward Community College, Chipola Junior College, Edison…

Twelve collective bargaining agreements between selected community college districts in Iowa and their respective faculty associations are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are provided: Northeast Iowa Technical Institute, Iowa Lakes Community College, Northwest Iowa Technical College, Iowa…

Collective bargaining agreements between the boards of trustees and faculty associations of 10 selected community colleges in Kansas are presented, representing contracts in effect in 1987. Contracts for the following colleges are included: Butler County Community College, Dodge City Community College, Fort Scott Community College, Garden City…