Discusses the sharply differing perceptions held by faculty members and by administrators about both the process and the substance of planning for higher educational institutions, faculty unionization and collective bargaining, the potential impact of the bargaining process upon educational planning, and the trivial content of the issues raised…

The prospective and perhaps inevitable merger of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers is perhaps further away at present than at any time in recent years. Examines the factors present which have prevented the merger that would have at once created the single largest union in the United States. (Author/RK)

An intensive study of 30 Florida school districts explored the nature of open bargaining, its impact on union and management behavior, and its overall effect on the negotiation process. The author concludes that open bargaining does not differ radically from closed bargaining. (Author/WD)

According to Joe A. Stone of the University of Oregon, average students do better in classrooms with unionized teachers, but less able and more able students do not. While this particular assumption lacks empirical clarity, many administrators and school board members feel that it would be much easier to reform public education if teacher unions…

Introduces two articles that (1) supply the union and management perspectives of the Supreme Court decision in "Ellis vs. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks" and (2) discuss how this decision affects the public sector in the area of education. (MLF)

The Supreme Court in "Ellis vs. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks" has provided a systematic process for determining what constitutes union expenses properly charged to objecting nonmembers. (MLF)

In "Ellis vs. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks," the Supreme Court clarified the line between permissible and nonpermissible expenses and what procedures must be available to prevent compulsory subsidization of ideological activity by objecting employees. This article also describes the Court's decisions subsequent to…

Unionization of college and university faculty is one of the few areas of growth in higher education, say these dialogue participants. They discuss whether the institution can survive collective bargaining or whether it can survive without it. (Editor/LBH)

Investigates railroad union members strong preferences for collective bargaining in dealing with traditional union concerns and joint union-management efforts when quality of worklife issues are involved. Attitudinal measures were generally found to be more important in explaining members' preferences than demographic or union participation…

The author considers charges that public sector unionism diminishes democracy by requiring a sharing of public authority with private bodies that too often exerts disproportionate influence on government decisions. He questions these charges in view of declining public unionism and unrealistic assumptions about the nature of local government…

This newsletter issue lists the articles that appeared in each of the first 97 issues of the newsletter produced by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions. The newsletter has been published from 1973 to 1993. The list is presented in chronological order by date of publication; for each…

A report on the 1979 annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is presented. Data are presented on active membership, six states that increased membership, and total membership. Active membership has decreased for the year ending January 1, 1979 and has decreased since 1972. A two-year program was initiated to…

By December 1974, it appeared that the growth of faculty unionism in U.S. higher education had definitely begun to slow down. The 1975 turnabout, rejection rates, the nature of the resistance, and the public versus private distinction are reviewed. It is concluded that any future increase in the rate of public rejections and in the four-year…

Although only six percent of the schools offering park and recreation curricula currently have collective bargaining, this percentage is likely to increase in the near future. (JD)