This report focuses on social protections of teachers in Europe, synthesizes responses to a questionnaire by 18 European members of the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP), and provides an overview of a variety of situations in European countries. The report includes a list of organizations/countries which…

Data from 66 Iowa school districts with collective bargaining and 66 without collective bargaining were compared to determine if they differed in teacher salaries, fringe benefits, or provisions for leaves of absence. The time period covered extended from 1975-76 school year, 1 year before collective bargaining started, to 1979-80, the fourth year…

This agreement was made on October 15, 1974 and is effective until September 1, 1975. Articles of the agreement cover: board-federation relationships; academic freedom; library collection; management rights; jury duty; union leave; temporary department chairman; teaching loads; faculty evaluation; grievance procedures; faculty appointment and…

Reviews the advantages of utilizing part-time faculty. Also discusses the problems of calculating pro rata pay and the impossibility of granting tenure to part-time teachers and analyzes the role of unions in obtaining such benefits. (DC)

Using data from Rhode Island, this study investigated the extent to which teacher unions have won control gains, but not economic gains, at the bargaining table. (Author/PN)

Maintains that day care and early childhood employees must become organized and powerful enough to force wage and benefits increases. (BB)

A bibliography of 1,187 publications and court cases concerning employment of college faculty, as well as health professionals, is presented. Most of the publications cover the years 1982-1985. The faculty section covers the following topics: academic freedom, accountability, administration, affirmative action, arbitration and mediation,…

The author, in presenting observations and impressions gathered from his experience at Central Michigan University, concludes that a tripartite balance between faculty senate, teachers' union, and university administration appears to be the best way to protect sound program administration if unionization is present on a campus. Benefits and…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 480 ARTICLES IS ARRANGED UNDER FOUR MAJOR RUBRICS--(1) TEACHING AS A PROFESSION (181 LISTINGS), (2) TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULA AND PROGRAMS (27 GENERAL, 77 PRESERVICE, AND 33 INSERVICE LISTINGS), (3) STAFF CHARACTERISTICS (12 STUDENT TEACHER, 66 TEACHER, AND 7 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL LISTINGS), AND (4) TEACHING BEHAVIORS (2…

Recognition clauses of negotiated faculty contracts from 139 two-year colleges were analyzed to determine the extent to which part-time faculty are included in the bargaining unit, and to examine contract references to part-time faculty. Approximately one-half (71) of the contracts did not include part-time faculty as members. Exclusion was either…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and the Boston State College Faculty Federation of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1943, AFL-CIO effective for the period from April 3, 1972 to June 30, 1974. Articles of the agreement cover recognition and definitions, relationship between board…

This report contains seven articles on current issues in higher education and a separate faculty salary report for 1999-2000. Articles on the "Status of the Profession" are: (1) "Faculty Salaries, 1999-2000" (Suzanne B. Clery and John B. Lee); (2) "Unions and Faculty Governance" (Christine Maitland and Gary Rhoades);…

This report contains seven articles on current issues in higher education and a separate faculty salary report for 1998-1999. Articles on the status of the profession are: (1) "Faculty Salaries, 1998-99" (Suzanne B. Clery and John B. Lee); (2) "Innovative Approaches to Bargaining" (Gary Rhoades and Christine Maitland); (3)…

Although the continuity of faculty is an important factor in sustaining an institution's general education program, if the measure is attainment of learning outcomes, qualitative considerations, and not a faculty member's employment status, are more important in determining who should teach such courses. This author argues that relatively junior,…

Presented in this document is the agreement between the District 9 Area Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education and the American Federation of Teachers for the period from January 1, 1972 through June 30, 1973. Contained in the articles of the agreement are sections covering hours and working conditions, grievance procedures, salaries…