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New Models at Lasell: Q&A with President Michael Alexander
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Harney, John O. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2018
The "New England Journal of Higher Education" ("NEJHE") Executive Editor John O. Harney had the chance to catch up with Lasell College President Michael Alexander about the small Newton, Massachusetts, college's plans to challenge the higher education business model. The interview is presented in this article.
Descriptors: College Presidents, Higher Education, Value Judgment, College Students
Building an Activist Union: The Massachusetts Society of Professors
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Page, Max; Clawson, Dan – Thought & Action, 2009
In 2002, during yet another budget crisis produced in large measure by the state's tax-cutting mania, Massachusetts proposed a massive cut in the university's budget. Through an early retirement incentive, the state wanted to reduce the faculty by 10 percent. No one was prepared to fight back. Despite UMass Amherst's long history of activism, and…
Descriptors: Unions, College Faculty, Activism, Faculty College Relationship
Unionization and Academic Excellence. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions (13th, New York, New York, April 1985).
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1985
Issues concerning excellence in education and the 1985 strike at Yale University are considered in 27 conference papers. Topics include: a faculty and chancellor's perspectives on achieving excellence, employment discrimination, collective bargaining in community colleges, retirement issues, and campus bargaining and the law. Titles and authors…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
The Faculty Life Cycle: A Legal Perspective. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions (15th, New York, New York, May 1987).
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1987
The life cycle of a faculty member from pre-employment through retirement is examined in these proceedings. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "The Role of Faculty in Obtaining Quality in Higher Education: Facing the New Realities" (Frank Newman); "The American Professoriate: Rewards and Satisfactions" (Eugene Rice);…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Ladders, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty