Although school districts can expect an increase in grievances filed by their local unions, new methods of resolution are available including grievance mediation where school and union officials undertake informal discussion to reach a compromise position, and involving principals in the input evaluation of contractual clauses. (MLF)

Formulating and enforcing a code of ethics are characteristics of professional occupations. Such a code has not emerged, and never will, so long as collective bargaining is the dominant employment relations form in education. Unions formed to protect their members cannot accept the "management" responsibility for disciplining unethical…

Describes a survey of the deans of instruction and five faculty members at 60 community colleges to compare unionized and nonunionized colleges in terms of extrinsic/college-sponsored rewards (e.g., staff development opportunities, travel funding, or research/professional growth opportunities) and intrinsic/work-related rewards (e.g., opportunity…

Decisions that need to be made when preparing for labor agreements are outlined including philosophical approach (policy); legal framework (varies between states and between public and private); organizing, unit determination, and election activity decisions; bargaining activity decisions; and contract administration and renegotiation decisions.…

The needs and expectations of members of the Library Association of Australia are explored in four articles. Highlights include fee requirements, lobbying by the association, the inclusion of information professionals in the membership, the possible role of trade unions, and the distribution of women in leadership positions. (CLB)

Discusses the "Yeshiva issue" from a management perspective critiquing Iorio's article and his assumption that the decision would serve as a "moderating influence." Points to the need for schools to increase teacher decision-making participation while ensuring a continuation of teachers' unions in collective bargaining. (MD)

Reviews the historical development of adult and continuing education as provided through the Open University system of Great Britain. An interview with the librarian for Oxford's Department of External Studies examines the current status of the program and describes the library services available to participants. (8 references) (CLB)

Opponents of collective bargaining for faculty charge that unions will destroy faculty governance by abolishing faculty senates, dictating institutional policy, and eliminating peer review in favor of automatic tenure and promotion. The history of collective bargaining at the City University of New York shows this has not happened. (MLW)

Dissatisfaction and upheaval among Scottish teachers is due to public policy that keeps teacher education, and thus education in general, a low priority. (MSE)

The recent deregulation of a number of industries presents a potential boon for local education. Deregulation of local schools, along with the assumption of greater managerial control, could produce more effective education. A model is proposed that includes deregulation, decentralization, flexibility, competition, technical support, and…

Facilitating, stimulating, and disseminating scholarship on blues, gospel, Creole, jazz, and other kinds of black music are the goals of the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College in Chicago. The paucity of black scholars, developing a "union catalog," and the need for reference books are discussed. (MLW)

Just as Australian universities are losing their traditions and behaving more like an industry, the Australian Federation of State University Staff Associations has changed from an organization of like-minded professionals and is increasingly following the model of industrial trade unions. (MSE)

Case studies of the training of adult educators are presented including programs in Thailand, Nepal, New Zealand, Brazil, Zambia, Philippines, Canada, and Europe. (CT)

The need for a new professional role for teachers that requires the participation of teachers and their unions in the center of school governance is discussed. The concepts of "shared authority" and " collegiality" are measures of professionalism that teachers want to assimilate into their school operations. (MLW)

Examines several problems that need to be addressed concerning world crisis: war, poverty, unemployment, overpopulation, environmental issues, and housing; developed versus developing countries; and social justice. The task for workers' education in relation to these problems is discussed. (CT)