Data from 66 Iowa school districts with collective bargaining and 66 without collective bargaining were compared to determine if they differed in teacher salaries, fringe benefits, or provisions for leaves of absence. The time period covered extended from 1975-76 school year, 1 year before collective bargaining started, to 1979-80, the fourth year…

This agreement was made on October 15, 1974 and is effective until September 1, 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: board-federation relationships; academic freedom; library collection; management rights; jury duty; union leave; temporary department chairman; teaching loads; faculty evaluation; grievance procedures; faculty appointment and…

This publication contains the edited transcripts of presentations made at the National Symposium on Public Policy and State Education Agency Roles in Teacher Labor Relations in May 1974. The symposium explored various aspects of teacher collective bargaining and the present and possible roles of state education agencies. Included in the booklet…

This report critiques Herschel Kasper's study on the impact of collective bargaining on public school teachers, a report that found little relation between unionization and average State salary levels. This paper makes three major objections to Kasper's study: (1) its use of State data as the basis for observations in the cross-sectional analysis…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the Board of Trustees of Mercer County Community College and the Faculty Association of Mercer County Community College for the period from July 1, 1971 through June 30, 1973. Included in the agreement are articles concerning: employee representation, negotiation procedures, grievance procedures,…

Presented in this document is the collective bargaining agreement between the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties, Pennsylvania Association for Higher Education and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the period from November 2, 1971 through August 31, 1974. Contained in the articles of the agreement are sections…

The negotiated agreement between the Fulmont Association of College Educators and the Board of Trustees of Fulton-Montgomery Community College for the period from September 1, 1973 through August 31, 1976 is presented. Included in the articles of the agreement are sections covering negotiation procedures, academic freedom, employment policies,…

This paper provides a brief overview of collective bargaining in public education in Indiana in 1975, the second year that school boards and teachers operated under a collective bargaining law. The authors analyze major factors and apparent trends related to bargaining and impasse issues, mediation and fact-finding practices, teacher strikes, and…

Reviews the advantages of utilizing part-time faculty. Also discusses the problems of calculating pro rata pay and the impossibility of granting tenure to part-time teachers and analyzes the role of unions in obtaining such benefits. (DC)

Using data from Rhode Island, this study investigated the extent to which teacher unions have won control gains, but not economic gains, at the bargaining table. (Author/PN)

A bibliography of 1,187 publications and court cases concerning employment of college faculty, as well as health professionals, is presented. Most of the publications cover the years 1982-1985. The faculty section covers the following topics: academic freedom, accountability, administration, affirmative action, arbitration and mediation,…

The author, in presenting observations and impressions gathered from his experience at Central Michigan University, concludes that a tripartite balance between faculty senate, teachers' union, and university administration appears to be the best way to protect sound program administration if unionization is present on a campus. Benefits and…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 480 ARTICLES IS ARRANGED UNDER FOUR MAJOR RUBRICS--(1) TEACHING AS A PROFESSION (181 LISTINGS), (2) TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULA AND PROGRAMS (27 GENERAL, 77 PRESERVICE, AND 33 INSERVICE LISTINGS), (3) STAFF CHARACTERISTICS (12 STUDENT TEACHER, 66 TEACHER, AND 7 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL LISTINGS), AND (4) TEACHING BEHAVIORS (2…

Recognition clauses of negotiated faculty contracts from 139 two-year colleges were analyzed to determine the extent to which part-time faculty are included in the bargaining unit, and to examine contract references to part-time faculty. Approximately one-half (71) of the contracts did not include part-time faculty as members. Exclusion was either…

This publication presents data gathered in a survey of the impact of collective bargaining on Illinois school districts. In September 1974, the Illinois Association of School Boards mailed a three-part questionnaire to the superintendent of each of its 932 member school districts. Completed questionnaires were returned by 739 districts,…