Issues concerning collective bargaining by college faculties, the bargaining team, and the board's role in bargaining are considered. Reasons why faculties want to bargain and principles that are pertinent to the transfer of the industrial model to the campus scene are examined. It is suggested that the board is the employer for private…

A version of the academic flow model analyzed the quantitative effects on faculty composition, compensation, and turnover of implementing seven options. The options were early retirement, change in the probationary period, increased proportions of part-time faculty, unlimited renewable appointments, and nonrenewable fixed-term appointments, and…

This essay, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, seeks to explore variations on standard tenure practices that might be advantageous to the interests of both faculty and the institutions by proposing three modifications to traditional policies. The first, tenure by objectives, involves reconfiguration of the probationary…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Lassen Community College District Board of Trustees and the Lassen College Federation of Teachers/California Teachers Association/American Federation of Teachers is presented. This contract, covering the period from July 1988 through June 1991, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Barstow Community College District and the Barstow College Faculty Association/California Teachers Association/National Education Association is presented. This contract, covering the period from July 1988 through June 1991, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent recognition; district and…

The internal politics of colleges and the influence of a current emphasis on efficiency on the traditional independence of the academician are analyzed. It is suggested that the academician does not work in the same differentiated, and therefore interdependent, way as someone in industry or a bureaucracy. Academic activity is segmented, which…

The collective bargaining agreement between Southern Oregon State College and the Southern Oregon State College Association of Professors, an affiliate of the National Education Association, covering the period November 27, 1985-June 30, 1987, is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, association security, management…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of Regional Colleges and the Congress of Connecticut Community Colleges, the sole bargaining agent for all professional employees in the colleges, is presented. The 25 articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to employee, board, and union rights; deduction of dues and…

The agreement between the Board of Trustees of Dutchess Community College and the County of Dutchess and the Dutchess United Educators (DUE) is presented for the period between 1987 and 1991. The 12 articles in the agreement set forth provisions concerning: (1) recognition of the bargaining unit; (2) responsibilities of the Board of Trustees; (3)…

The agreement between the Lakeshore Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District Board and the Lakeshore Education Association is presented for the period 1987-1989. The articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) recognition and composition of the bargaining unit; (2) pay variations for various or unusual conditions; (3)…

The employment agreement between the County of Ulster and the Ulster County Community College Faculty Association is presented, covering the period between September 1, 1987 and August 31, 1990. The six articles in the agreement set forth provisions related to: (1) recognition of the bargaining unit; (2) salaries and work load, including overload…

An affirmative action requirement for government contractors imposed in 1974 by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) of the U.S. Department of Labor is reviewed from the point of view of a government contractor, especially an institution of higher education. The eight factor analysis requirement is designed to provide the…

Ethical dilemmas concerning faculty compensation are considered by a university president who served as a nonadministrative professor of law for 10 years. It is suggested that trustees, administrators, and board members have as much to be concerned about as do faculty members when compensation and ethical dilemmas are addressed. The fact that…

The collective bargaining agreement between the Board of Trustees of the Napa Valley Community College District and the Napa Valley College Faculty Association/California Teachers Association/National Education Association is presented. This contract, in effect from June 1988 through July 1989, deals with the following topics: bargaining agent…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in understanding the legal aspects of supervision. Discussed in the first four sections are the following topics: the nature of the law (criminal and civil law, why people obey the law, and the law and supervisors); health and safety at work (safety in the workplace, ways of…