The intent of this volume is to inform boards of education about the collective negotiations process so that the board can proceed to improve board-staff relations as well as achieve its goals at the bargaining table. Although much of the information in this book applies to all public employee collective bargaining, the author chooses to focus on…

This book provides school board members with hands-on guidelines for collaborative bargaining with teacher unions. The book combines the practical with the conceptual and policy dimensions of teacher bargaining. Part 1 provides a view of immediate problems in their context--broad policy issues that affect across-the-table bargaining. Eight…

This document is an updating supplement to a 1973 volume of the same title and is intended to cover the various aspects of court action effecting higher education, and particularly the faculty and staff for the period 1973-76. The areas discussed include the inception of contracts; due process in nonrenewal of nontenure contracts and probationary…