Presented is a look at the collective bargaining unit of the University of Rhode Island faculty. Salary increases are assured, faculty and administration are polarized, and tenure and promotion seem unaffected. Support from engineers remains divided. (Author/BB)

Many people protest that professors are overpaid for the amount of time that they spend in the actual classroom situation. However, what most people do not realize is that classroom time is not the only time that the professor must devote to his work activities. The typical package of professorial duties would necessarily include: (1) scheduled…

Discusses the growth of faculty development programs in institutions of higher learning, and suggests some means of ensuring an effective program. (AM)

Chronicles the present growth of unionization and its conflicts and conjectures on its future directions. (Editor)

Discusses some of the retirement plans offered at several higher education institutions. (HS)

Untenured college faculty may not have contracts renewed. (HS)

Reports the major issues examined at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). These included the deteriorating economic status of university professors, the role and activities of AAUP, academic freedom and tenure, and collective bargaining by faculty members. (JR)

Presented in this paper is an outline of the policy at Evergreen State College concerning faculty evaluation, faculty reappointment or nonreappointment, and program review and institutional self-study. Within the policy is the belief that the principles governing academic freedom and faculty responsibility at Evergreen must apply to all members of…

This survey of faculty tenure and contract systems was conducted during August 1974 as a followup to an earlier Higher Education Panel survey of institutional policies and practices affecting faculty employment. A survey questionnaire mailed to the entire membership of the Higher Education Panel (644 institutions) received a 91 percent response…

This study examines several tenure trends, their relation to other current issues in higher education, the problem of supporting tenure trends in the future, and several solutions to resolve the current tenure crisis including another viable basis for analyzing tenure data. Some of the more reliable position indicators of tenure trends are…

This tenth biennial survey of salary conditions in higher education identifies the status and trends of salaries and related practices among the various types of institutions of higher education during 1971-72. Areas covered include: salaries of instructional personnel in 4-year institutions; salary-related policies in colleges and universities;…

Collective bargaining as used in the business world is inappropriate for resolving disputes in the academic world, which prides itself on the unity of collegiality. An alternative approach to bargaining is proposed that capitalizes on both the spirit of collegiality and the pluralistic democracy by which most postsecondary institutions function.…

Discusses the issues of academic freedom and tenure concerning the dismissal of assistant professor Jose Asseo from Camden County College, New Jersey. (PG)