The termination of appointments of two University of Texas professors because of financial exigency raised questions by the AAUP of faculty involvement in determining financial exigency, due process, and adequacy of termination notices. A third termination of an outspoken professor raised the issue of violation of academic freedom. (AF)

Presents a paradigm of community college governance that strengthens the well-being and self-esteem of faculty. The nine levels of the model focus on factors such as involving faculty in administration; providing opportunities for professional growth; and recognizing the primacy of the instructor in the classroom. (DMM)

Using 1970-71 data for 263 community colleges throughout the United States, the author conducted a study designed to examine the impact of unionization and collective bargaining on the compensation and workloads of community college faculty members. This paper discusses the methodology used and presents two mathematical models for determining the…

This document reviews academic salaries in Australia. Chapters cover academic work value, recruitment and retention of staff, and the benefits of academic employment, salary movements in relevant occupations, comparative wage justice, recommended salary levels, sublecturer grades, several salary levels for professors, clinical loadings, and…

This agreement between the Board of Trustees of Illinois Junior College District 519 and the Highland Community College Faculty Senate Affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers 1957 covers the academic year 1973-74. Articles of the agreement cover definitions and senate recognition, senate-board relations, academic freedom and political…

This document presents the agreement between the County of Nassau and the Community College Faculty Senate. The agreement covers definitions, the faculty senate, work year, work week, work day, student advisement, maternity leave, sabbatical leave, leave of absence, outside activities and parttime employment, class size, overload, vacations,…

Two papers comprise this document: "Alternatives to Collective Bargaining" and "Collective Bargaining in Two-Year Colleges: Problems and Trends." The first paper, by Joseph N. Hankin, presents the thesis that there is no alternative to collective bargaining but that attention should be focused instead on who represents the faculty on which issues.…

AAUP staff members, on behalf of the Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, communicate with administrations under censure. Reported is the Associate General Secretary's appraisal of developments at the 33 listed institutions for the year preceding March 31, 1979. (AF)

To attract and keep faculty members with growing children, Columbia University (New York) is opening its own private school (K-8), with faculty apartments built on top. It is hoped the school and apartments will address faculty members' cost of living and quality of life concerns. Some public school proponents view the new school as a threat. (DB)

Results of a survey of benefits (excluding pensions) provided by Ontario universities are presented. Responses are presented by university concerning the following aspects of general benefits: administration and insurance plans, communication of benefits, proposed changes in benefits, provision of life and dismemberment insurance, and maternity…

Initial and subsequent contracts that had been negotiated at 41 Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York community colleges between September 1966 and September 1974 were analyzed to determine whether collective bargaining has been effective in gaining increased participation in decision-making and increased economic welfare. All of the…

Increased pressures continue on faculty in higher education as expressed by faculty workload and faculty activity analysis. Often those who collect and utilize such data do not consider the outcomes of decisions from the faculty viewpoint. Examined are how the uses of certain faculty load data and faculty activity analysis data place pressures and…

Using the latest research instruments, including questionnaires, interviews, factor analysis, and matrix construction, the present restraints on professorial effectiveness and the contributions of departmental and university structures to professorial malaise is examined for the purpose of improving ways that administrators can increase faculty…

An agreement between Bard College and Bard College Chapter of the AAUP is presented. The college recognized the Chapter as a collective bargaining agent for the faculty but also recognizes the right of individual faculty members or the college president to discuss and establish particular arrangements to cover individual faculty employment…

Part-time instructors constitute a growing proportion of community college instructors. They receive no fringe benefits or office space, they are not assigned to faculty committees, and they sign quarter-to-quarter contracts which contain no stipulation of job security, even for the quarter contracted. There are three reasons for hiring part-time…