This document reports the results of a recent review of collective bargaining contracts in 83 public two-year colleges with regard to what they had to say about department chairpersons. Results of the review indicated: (1) 66% of the contracts contained clauses concerned with department chairpersons; (2) eastern community college contracts…

The contractual duties of the department chairman at Rhode Island Junior College (RIJC), as at most public community colleges, place him in three roles: administrator, spokesman for his department, and teacher. Because, as a teacher, he is also a member of the collective bargaining unit, a conflict of role assignments occurs whenever the chairman…

This collection of articles on the legal aspects of the selection and retention of faculty is intended for department or division chairmen, described as first-level management, in community colleges. The four articles are: (1) "The Changing Role of Division/Department Chairmen: Pivotal for the Community College" by Louis W. Bender; (2) "A Legal…