Describes the reasons surrounding Southwestern Michigan College's withdrawl from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. (PG)

The Mexican agricultural strike activity from 1928 to 1934 in Imperial Valley and Los Angeles is examined. (NQ)

Questions whether unionization is a stimulus or a deterrent to effective program-oriented institutional planning. (PG)

Suggests the implementation of ombudsmen in the grievance process to provide a safeguard against overtaping the internal workings of the process which could result in severe damage and loss of efficiency. (Author)

The academic union movement is part of the growing trend to collective bargaining among public employees in general that has been reinforced by special features peculiar to the higher education industry. (Author)

Personnel movements (transfers, promotions, etc.) are included in the scope of private sector collective bargaining, but excluded from the scope of public sector bargaining. The authors discuss the relationship between the merit principle and public sector bargaining with regard to conflicts and legislative experience, and they present a proposal…

Some much needed facts about the present and suggestions for the future from a former President of the National Union of Students. (Editor)

Adaptation of union listing of serials to displace individually constructed public records in contributing libraries is discussed. Standardization in scope, main entry, and input would be necessary. (Author/JS)

The University of Denver is employing a new method for producing copy from the National Union Catalog" which has distinct advantages over other existing methods, particularly as far as cost per copy is concerned. (1 reference) (Author)

Different methods which can be used to manually sort and file cards are identified. No appreciable difference in time per card to sort and file was found between the backwards method and the optimal forwards sort. (Author/NH)

A series of articles discusses the responsibility of the state for the work of educational organizations. Traces the history of this support in Finland and Sweden from the 1920s to the present. Details the history of the Labour Party in Finland as a significant factor in the development of these educational organizations. (NJ)

Recent sports labor disputes emphasize unionism and collective action, not individual negotiations. Legal and economic parallels between the 1982 National Football League strike, the Los Angeles Raiders antitrust case, and the importance of collective bargaining to football players are discussed. (SR)