Presented in this document is the professional staff employment agreement between the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 4 and the Skagit Valley College Education Association for the year 1973-74. The Articles of the agreement include implementation of new salary table, negotiated working conditions, leaves of absence, benefits,…

This document presents the instructional agreement of West Shore Community College for 1973-74. The agreement covers responsibilities and privileges of faculty members, employment conditions, working conditions, professional compensation, professional development, faculty evaluation, and other provisions (waiver procedures, staff reduction). (PG)

This document reviews the rights of non-tenured faculty using the cases of "Perry v. Sindermann" and "Board of Regents v. Roth" as examples. Following background material and dimensions of the problems, it is suggested that a redefinition of principles that should operate and an identification of procedural safeguards that should be available is…

The specific problems of private institutions concerned with faculty collective bargaining are discussed in relation to the National Labor Relations Act. Emphasis is placed on the rationale of and the implications for collective bargaining. The rationale of collective bargaining is viewed in light of the distribution of privileges, private…

Presented in this document is the agreement between Washtenaw Community College Board of Trustees and Washtenaw Community College Education Association for the period from 1971 through 1973. Contained in the articles of the agreement are sections covering recognition, rights, and guarantees; faculty, personnel and division procedures;…

This document presents the agreement between the Board of Trustees of Middlesex County College and the Faculty Organization County College for the period from July 1, 1972 through June 30, 1974. The articles of the agreement cover rights of the union, rights of the faculty, conditions of employment, faculty benefits, professional behavior,…

This document presents a status report of various sabbatical leave policies and plans at 386 higher education institutions across the U.S. The report provides information that can serve as a guide for institutions that do not presently provide sabbatical leaves of absence or that can be compared with existing sabbatical leave plans. It was found…

This report discusses criticism of academic tenure and examines the literature that supports or refutes these criticisms. The author finds current tenure practices result in a collective faculty that will age over time and that the percentage of tenured faculty will increase markedly. But he also concludes that studies of faculty adaptability and…

Appraises developments at censured institutions for the year preceding February 15, 1974. Included are: Alabama State University, Texas A&M University, Amarillo College, Broward Community College, Indiana State University, Detroit Institute of Technology, University of Florida, Grambling College, Marshall University and 29 other institutions. (PG)

Describes the budget cut at Southern Illinois University, resulting in the firing of 104 faculty and staff members, and a class-action suit against 6 of the dismissed teachers. (Author/PG)

Arbitrary decisionmaking by governing boards effects teacher militancy. (Author/PB)