This study examines national and local chapter positions of the three national faculty associations engaged in collective bargaining (AAUP, AFT, and NEA). It explores four areas - history, negotiating objectives, strategies, and politics. Organizational competition and, more importantly, local issues have resulted in wide diversity among the…

This document reports the impressions of members of the Educational Leadership Seminar concerning education in Great Britain. Articles cover education in England (decisionmaking), the National Union of Teachers, community schools in England, the Schools Council for curriculum and examinations, the College of Further Education, the British…

To aid the faculty of the City University of New York (CUNY) in determining if they wish to be represented by either of two exclusive collective bargaining agencies or to maintain professional self-representation is the purpose of this report. Unionization and collective bargaining are relatively new concepts in American education, but being one…

This social history of public education in Chicago focuses on the problems encountered and the subsequent changes that took place. The transformation of the frontier schools to accommodate industrialization is traced. The unionization and organization of Chicago teachers are shown. The political, racial, and financial problems that now face…

The paper on traditional professionalism in rehabilitation counseling discusses why attempts to make it a profession have failed. Rehabilitation counselors are criticized for their failure to reach disadvantaged clients, become leaders of public opinion, struggle for role definition, and work for certification of rehabilitation agencies. It is…

The Associated Colleges of the Midwest Periodical Bank is a service which provides interlibrary access to periodical literature in the Chicago metropolitan area. By maintaining a dedicated collection of the most heavily requested periodicals and having access to the collections of all cooperating libraries, the Periodical Bank can provide…

A questionnaire, duplicated in this article, is a class activity for studying the collective-bargaining process for public employees. Students survey teachers, administrators, and custodial staff in their school to determine employee attitudes about the process.

Career education must be better in order to produce students who can bring to their work the ability to communicate and to reason, not just perform specific work processes. A strong mind is more important than a strong back in our sophisticated technological society. (MF)

Examines the background of union security clause (specifically agency shop), analyzes arguments for and against it, details problems remaining after the U.S. Supreme Court's 1977 decision on Abood vs. Detroit Board of Education, and offers some suggestions for the future. (Author/PKP)

Assesses recent nationwide trends for two-year and four-year college faculty unionization. In summary, the report characterizes unionization success as the slowest since 1968. (CP)

Most major universities have resisted the pull of union fever. Some have not and others are giving way. Here is a short review of the development of faculty unions in higher education. Also describes the efforts of the United Negro College Fund in developing a loan program designed to help black colleges survive the rising cost of education. (R K)

Analysis showed that student dissatisfaction with the level of influence in collegiate decision-making correlated with the students' professed willingness to join a union. (Author/IRT)

Investigates the importance of the campaign process in contested faculty representation elections in higher education. Based on its findings, a model for a successful faculty unionization campaign is offered. (Author/IRT)

A description of how one special library uses B ALLOTS for answering specific questions dealing with monographs, verification of citations, bibliographies on either subjects or authors, background information on organizations, and interlibrary loans. Features of the BALLOTS data base are discussed, including system files, indexes and search keys,…

The period of the Great Depression is described; events and persons responsible for early formation and strengthening of labor organizations are cited. (SH)