Industry's view of the role of academic research services, industry's return on the investment, and forms of purchase of research services are discussed and some related ethical and economic issues are presented. Four catagories of academic research services are identified: (1) available, independent, focused expertise; (2) peer review; (3)…

Labor-management relations in higher education are undergoing dramatic changes as a result of the rapidly growing unionization of personnel. A comparison of past experiences with unionization both in academe and industry reveals that administrations must determine their human resources policies and objectives before dealing with the unionization…

Decisions that need to be made when preparing for labor agreements are outlined including philosophical approach (policy); legal framework (varies between states and between public and private); organizing, unit determination, and election activity decisions; bargaining activity decisions; and contract administration and renegotiation decisions.…

Just as Australian universities are losing their traditions and behaving more like an industry, the Australian Federation of State University Staff Associations has changed from an organization of like-minded professionals and is increasingly following the model of industrial trade unions. (MSE)

Problems that plague the National Labor Relations Board and threaten both its effectiveness and its existence include loss of worker and union confidence, declining union membership, criticism of board decisions, accusations of politicization, current member vacancies, and inefficiency in meeting the case load. (MSE)

This bibliography reviews the current (1995-1997) research and literature concerned with collective bargaining in higher education and the professions. The bibliography is based on computer searches of various databases and manual retrieval of citations. Sources include books, monographs, dissertations, journals, periodicals, research papers,…

Expertise in the labor relations field is seen as necessary for any college or university engaged in collective bargaining. Three choices are considered: hiring the expert, retaining an outside consultant, or training the in-house specialist. Management, it is suggested, must maintain the power balance by meeting expertise with expertise.…

Examined are the status of, and potential for, university-industry research partnerships in science and engineering to enhance basic research and stimulate industrial innovation. The current and prospective roles of the federal government in stimulating such relationships are reviewed and discussed. (Author/CS)

Over five years, nearly a dozen graduate students and twice as many undergraduates have pursued jobs in labor after leaving Yale University (Connecticut). Most participated in activities of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization on campus during a period of unrest among teaching assistants. More aggressive labor leadership has been…

To help students of labor law understand the industrial union experience, one professor created a simulation in which students formed a union and bargained with the teacher on course terms and conditions. Planning considerations, simulation stages, and lessons learned are described. The exercise produced a meaningful context for students, taught…

Increases in costs to colleges and universities for employee health insurance have risen as much as 20 to 30 percent annually, requiring adjustments to control costs, a new philosophy of sharing costs with employees, increased proportions of payroll (now 6.1 percent) going for health care costs, and reductions in work force size. (DB)

Discusses the unionization of support staff in academic and public libraries based on experiences in Ohio. Highlights include the legal framework for labor relations; reasons that library support staff are attracted to unions; negotiating the contract with union and library management; and administering the collective bargaining agreement. (10…

The 16th annual bibliography contains 923 citations concerning collective bargaining and other employment and labor relations issues for faculty at institutions of higher education and other professionals. The new category, "AIDS in the Workplace" has been added this year while the topics of contracts and contract issues, elections, non-faculty,…

Designed to assist administrators faced with representing management's position in the collective bargaining process, this paper synthesizes information on the history, legal basis, processes, and trends of collective bargaining in the United States. Section I provides a brief history of collective bargaining, highlighting major federal and state…

Guidelines are presented for developing and maintaining effective grievance procedures. The discussion is basic to development of procedures for all institutional groups, e.g. students, faculty, service workers. (Editor/JT)