Discusses how the universities' capacity for change is limited by security of tenure. (Editor)

Offers a different strategy for the recruitment of teachers. (Editor/PG)

This pamphlet presents a statement of principles by the American Civil Liberties Union concerning the civil liberties and obligations of teachers and desirable procedures involving academic freedom in public and private colleges and universities. Academic freedom and responsibility of teachers embraces two distinct areas: (1) the conduct of a…

In terms of benefit plan coverage and protection, or "Benefit Environment", higher education is the most advanced of professional or employment groups. Between 1959 and 1969, the percentage of 4-year institutions of higher education in the U.S. having faculty retirement plans grew from 85% to 95%. About 50% of these institutions have some form of…

Student concern regarding faculty unionism does not stem from a belief that public employee collective bargaining is bad public policy. To the contrary, most students recognize the civil right of employees to organize and bargain collectively. Their concern stems from the impact that collective bargaining has had, and will have, on the quality of…

Few, if any, categories of postsecondary educational institutions have escaped the impact of collective bargaining. On the one hand, bargained agreements may tend to set the pace in areas of salary and working conditions that must be met by any nonbargaining institution if they desire to be comparable or competitive. On the other hand,…

This report of the Faculty Senate regarding faculty collective bargaining discusses faculty professional interests, how faculty interests may be advanced, and who is available to help. The faculty interests include: (1) academic freedom; (2) professional tenure; (3) adequate compensation; (4) discrimination in employment practices; (5) fringe…

This report examines academic tenure in American higher education and reviews arguments associated with its particular aspects. It describes the extent of tenure in Washington institutions, public and private, 2-year and 4-year, and it summarizes and discusses the tenure policies and procedures in these institutions. In the final section, a series…

From a survey designed to determine the current practices involved in faculty tenure and contract systems at colleges and universities throughout the U.S., it is estimated that 94.7% of faculty members work in institutions that have tenure systems. It is further determined that personnel practices in most institutions with tenure systems are…

Describes political and economic conditions in English Departments that are being manipulated to the detriment of the writing discipline and the teacher of writing. (DD)

Concerns the nonrenewal of appointments for two nontenured assistant professors at the University of West Florida. (PG)

The author presents evidence that indicates that what is perceived as an erosion of academic freedom is not imagined, but that this threat comes from within the university rather than from without. (Author/PG)