This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1500 words) of an article by a Croatian discussing certain reforms in educational administration in the Socialist Republic of Croatia. The author starts by discussing education against the background of the new Yugoslav social and economic order. To comply with these trends, he insists…

The outstanding accomplishment reported in the fifth annual report of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) was the implementation, operation, and enhancement of the on-line union catalog and shared cataloging system. Another important development in the history of the Center was the decision by the Members to extend membership to include…

A SECTION OF A JOB TRAINING PROGRAM CONSISTING OF THIRTY 10-HOUR JOB INSTRUCTION CURRICULUM MODULES WAS DEVELOPED FOR UPDATING AND UPGRADING THE TECHNICAL SKILLS OF ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES. THIS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM WAS TRIED OUT IN CLASSES CONSISTING OF MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES OF THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENTS IN A STEEL COMPANY. MEMBERS OF…

THIS REPORT RECAPITULATES CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE SMALL FARMERS, SHARECROPPERS, AND AGRICULTURAL LABORERS IN 1965. THE AUTHOR PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT FARM LABOR STRIKES, UNIONIZATION, MECHANIZATION, AND STATISTICS OF ACCIDENT RATES, CHILD LABOR, WAGES AND EARNINGS, AND FOREIGN LABOR. THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS SEVERAL NEW FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS…

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…

Students, faculty, and administrators meet in various activities at the new University Center at the University of the Pacific. (Author/MLF)

An assistant president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union discusses the "proper" relations between workers' education and higher education, between nontraditional and traditional learning, between the class struggle and the classroom. Mutual benefits between higher education and the unions are cited. (LBH)

Guidelines for supervisors and managers in handling grievances are presented, with suggestions for avoiding the long and costly arbitration process whenever possible. The author stresses that management must understand the perspective of the arbitrator who is bound by the labor contract and precedent. (MF)

The renovation of the student union at the University of New Mexico involved heavy user participation to clarify students' needs. (MLF)

From colonial times, the school teacher in America was perceived both as miracle worker and classroom custodian. A more recent split image is that of the teacher as an independent practicing professional as well as a member of a collective bargaining organization. Historical roots of this dual role are examined in this article. (Author/GC)

A university philosophy department chairman considers some of the elements of the faculty union movement and argues that the autonomy ("the rule of autonomous reason") of the professoriate is necessary to avoid a greater loss of academic freedom than collective bargaining might gain. (MF)

The author observes that formal education should respond to the realities of life and work and discusses the importance of the community college delivery systems. (MF)

From two different conferences, (1) presents conclusions and recommendations from an international forum on integrated rural development and workers' education, and (2) gives some idea of the problems of workers' education in a time of change, specifically in Ireland. The latter is from the author's paper at an international conference of workers'…

This paper is a synopsis of the opinions of the Supreme Court Justices in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which held that states could properly allow agency shop provisions in public sector unionism, and an analysis of some of the problems unions will face in implementing the agency shop. (Author/IRT)

Reveals that management prerogatives of college administrators are being undermined for two reasons: common law rights to manage are no longer exempt from the list of issues subject to collective bargaining and administrators fail to realize that management rights clauses constitute their major protection in negotiated agreements. (TP)