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Schaffer, Dennis R. – 1978
This discussion of the effects of unionization of teaching faculty upon the instructional development process in higher education examines both the collective bargaining process and strikes. Mailed questionnaires were used to collect data from instructional developers in instructional development agencies, faculty members, and students. Various…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Douglas, Joel M.; Sandorfy, Michael – 1992
This publication is a status report on faculty contracts and bargaining agents in higher education in the United States for 1991. An introduction summarizes activity across the nation including agents elected, independent agents, decertification, strikes, legislation, first contracts signed, and demographic analysis. A table of faculty contracts…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Faculty Organizations, Higher Education
Coleman, Peter – 1984
This study focused on process measures to identify the major components of elementary school climate and to test the effectiveness of an intervention emphasizing the work of the principal. Nine schools of diverse size and in several locations in British Columbia formed the sample. Data included surveys of parents and teachers, interviews of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Download full textCresswell, Anthony M.; Gerdin, Carolyn N. – 1985
This study tests the fit of competing models of strike causes on a sample of public school districts in New York. The models are based on differing assumptions. One is that strikes are the result of mistakes or imperfect information; the other is that strikes are rational choices made in expectation of gain. The differences in these views are…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Collective Bargaining, Comparative Analysis, Contracts
Jessup, Dorothy K. – 1981
An intensive two-phase study of teachers' unions in three small school districts in southern New York State over a 10-year span investigates the changes within the union movement and assesses the impact of unionization on the school systems. The study discloses that teachers' organizations and the collective bargaining process are subject, over…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Collective Bargaining, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Eberts, Randall W.; Stone, Joe A. – 1986
The ways collective bargaining affects the operation of public schools are identified. Teachers covered by bargaining agreements, compared with teachers not covered, receive higher salaries and teach smaller classes. They also spend slightly less time instructing students but more time preparing for classes. The major difference detected in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Collective Bargaining, Educational Environment
