In January 2023, the AAUP announced the establishment of a special committee to review an apparent pattern of politically, racially, and ideologically motivated attacks on public higher education in Florida. Since then, the undersigned members of this special committee have interviewed more than forty faculty members and a former president at…

American public higher education systems include the largest and most impactful colleges and universities in the nation, including 75 percent of the nation's public sector students. While their impact is enormous, they are largely neglected as an area of study and underutilized as an instrument for the improvement of postsecondary outcomes.…

Public education, from pre-K through higher education, and labor unions, particularly those representing public sector workers, are today under attack from those who question the very need to have such basic institutions. "United University Professions" is a history of United University Professions (UUP), which grew from humble…

In November 2022, Florida governor Ronald DeSantis, won reelection by a decisive margin and the Republican party gained supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. During the governor's first term and after reelection, the Florida House and Senate passed legislation and the DeSantis administration took executive actions that further…

This article reports on an outstanding event from May 2007, when the California Faculty Association (CFA), representing more than 24,000 faculty, counselors, and librarians at the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU), won one of the best collective bargaining agreements in higher education history. The new agreement provides a 20.7…

The number of higher education collective bargaining cases reported in this chapter is approximately equal to the number in the 1978 "Yearbook," which was triple that of the previous year. The majority once again involves public colleges and universities and is governed by state statutes. However, the influence of private sector…

Presents a wage-withholding proposal for impasse resolution in faculty collective bargaining in a state system. A percentage of each faculty member's salary and a significant contribution from the state treasury are put into an escrow account which goes into the federal treasury if settlement is not reached within 45 days. (JT)

Key events and factors in the unionization of faculty at Youngstown State University (Ohio) are chronicled in the early years of the institution's inclusion in the state higher education system, 1967-73. Focus is on the early process of faculty organization, selection of a union, and collective bargaining during retrenchment. (MSE)

A case study portrayal of the human dynamics of collective bargaining between the faculty and administration at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, a public university of 6,700 students whose faculty of 300 was represented by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Notes effects on people, policies, and decision-making…

The impact of public universities of the Supreme Court's Yeshiva decision regarding faculty collective bargaining is clarified through analysis of the case's meaning for the University of California, Berkeley. A review of the literature on the relationship between collective bargaining and academic governance is provided. (Author/MLW)

In determining the university's responsibility to bargain with faculty in a special program at Central Michigan University, court opinions juxtaposed two measures, with conflicting results. The two approaches are analyzed and evaluated. Available from Dennis & Co., 251 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14203, $3.50. (MSE)

The sixth annual bibliography is a selective survey of the literature relating to faculty and nonfaculty collective bargaining in public or private colleges and universities. Primarily a source of current references for the year 1977, it also includes pre-1977 references of particular interest at this time that are not included in previous…

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of California and the Santa Cruz Faculty Association covering the period June 30, 1983-June 30, 1984 is presented. The American Association of University Professors affiliated union has 295 members. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, meeting and conferring to…

Presents data on the nature and growth of collective bargaining in postsecondary education and reports a telephone survey of the 28 4-year colleges where faculty voted to reject collective bargaining. Focus is on the characteristics of those institutions and the extent and nature of overt faculty and/or administrative opposition to collective…

A report concerning the actions taken in June 1985 by the administration of Central State University to terminate the faculty appointments of Charles W. Dean and Marvin Haire is presented. Academic due process and academic freedom are discussed. (MLW)