Analyzes the current status of the academic profession in Bulgaria at a time of difficult socioeconomic transition. After providing a brief overview of the historical development of Bulgarian academia, discusses faculty working conditions, the career path within the profession, and the legal framework for the professoriate. Highlights future key…

Discusses changes in the academic profession in Poland, asserting that it has arrived at a stage of far-reaching autonomy and uncertain individual career prospects. Describes new laws intended to change the structure of recruitment, promotions, remuneration, working conditions, and appointments. Suggests that the sudden passage from an elite…

This bibliography lists materials pertinent to collective bargaining in postsecondary institutions. Sixty-seven citations are presented alphabetically by title. ERIC numbers are provided at the end of the citation where appropriate. (MJM)

This compendium of papers presented at the First Annual Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education surveys the status of bargaining as it now exists in higher education, some of the reasons for it, some of the effects already detected, some of the problems created, and some of the expected future…

Academic administrators from sixteen private colleges in Minnesota and nine chapter presidents of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) responded to a questionnaire investigating tenure policies and procedures in Minnesota private colleges. Results of the survey indicated that the private colleges of Minnesota will probably…

This document presents the professional negotiation agreement between the Board of Trustees of Junior College District 517 and the Lake Land Faculty Association. Articles of the agreement include the preamble, recognition, definition of responsibilities and rights, effect of the agreement, negotiation procedures, attendant costs, duration of the…

The research reported here is a small part of a much larger research program that will focus on changes in the sharing of authority that takes place after collective bargaining in higher education institutions is initiated, stressing especially the points where sharing is difficult and where rights questions arise. It is the eventual goal to…

The purpose of this report is to present findings and recommendations of the Joint Committee on Higher Education in the state of Washington. The specific mandate of the Committee in this instance was to study the retirement programs currently in force at the various state institutions of higher education and to make any necessary recommendations…

Describes the growth and development of collective bargaining by university faculty, and examines some of the objections and benefits resulting from it. (RB)

Outlines four basic premises behind teacher mobilization and organization, explores current legislation and court decisions affecting bargaining, and reviews recent activities in higher education. (AH)