Reviews the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in City of Madison, Joint School District No. 8 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, and discusses the probable effect of that decision on public employers and public employee unions, focusing in particular on public school districts and teachers. (JG)

Discusses the sharply differing perceptions held by faculty members and by administrators about both the process and the substance of planning for higher educational institutions, faculty unionization and collective bargaining, the potential impact of the bargaining process upon educational planning, and the trivial content of the issues raised…

Examines how community college presidents respond to unions. The presidents studied were socialized to new activities and adopted new modes of behavior that can be characterized as "strategic." They perceived the faculty union as potentially harmful to themselves and to their ideas about the welfare of the college. (Author/IRT)

Several projects are described which are exploring tools and techniques for interlibrary cooperation in an effort to improve services for users. (STS)

The prospective and perhaps inevitable merger of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers is perhaps further away at present than at any time in recent years. Examines the factors present which have prevented the merger that would have at once created the single largest union in the United States. (Author/RK)

Points out some of the more commonly overlooked opportunities that the collective bargaining relationship offers for attaining the organization's goals. (Author/MLF)

A joint project of a United Auto Workers local and Hofstra University provides a liberal arts baccalaureate program for working-class adults, a broader based education than traditional vocational training programs, and trains union leaders. (MSE)

Five librarians considered authorities on quality cataloging in the OCLC Online Union Catalog were interviewed to obtain their views on the current level of quality control in the OCLC database, the responsibilities of OCLC and individual libraries in improving the quality of records, and the consequences of quality control problems. (CLB)

Discusses the following aspects of British managers and professionals: (1) who they are, (2) employment trends, (3) demographic characteristics, (4) education and development; (5) careers and human resource management, (6) remuneration, and (7) unionization. (CH)

Provides an account of the James Keegstra case, in which Keegstra was convicted for promoting hatred as a result of teaching 9th and 12th grade social studies students that there was a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. Focuses primarily on the actions of Alberta Teachers' Association in defense of Keegstra. (JDH)

Discusses the history of the National Council of Labour Colleges, the Chartist Movement, and Ruskin College. All were involved in the development of higher education for the labor force. (CH)

This study examines state-to-state variations in the legality of bargaining over class size in public schools, to determine, first, whether these variations in the legal scope of bargaining bear any relationship to actual class sizes and, second, whether these variations are indirectly associated with teachers' salaries. (Author/CT)

Analyzes the institutionalization of small-group activities in Japan, Sweden, and the United States. Includes a reference list. (MD)

Discusses the revolutionary reform proposed for education in the Carnegie report. Includes a description of the eight-point action plan of proposed changes.(MD)