Report of the subcommittee of the American Association of University Professors on the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund. (PG)

Discusses tenure legislation and the need to protect teachers from unconscionable treatment'', i.e., unfair dismissal. (SP)

Tells how Michigan State University's antiunion campaign deterred faculty from voting for unionism. (HS)

Describes a tax-sheltered annuity plan to help attract and keep qualified faculty. (Editor/PG)

Analyzes the post-Soviet academic profession, focusing on the challenges it has to meet. Discusses the system of academic appointments and promotion, remuneration, motivation, evaluation of faculty, and academic freedom. (EV)

Analyzes the current status of the academic profession in Bulgaria at a time of difficult socioeconomic transition. After providing a brief overview of the historical development of Bulgarian academia, discusses faculty working conditions, the career path within the profession, and the legal framework for the professoriate. Highlights future key…

Discusses changes in the academic profession in Poland, asserting that it has arrived at a stage of far-reaching autonomy and uncertain individual career prospects. Describes new laws intended to change the structure of recruitment, promotions, remuneration, working conditions, and appointments. Suggests that the sudden passage from an elite…

Presents highlights of the "Retirement Income Security Act of 1974" that represents the most comprehensive federal legislation ever enacted affecting the private pension system in this country. (Author)

Presents the AAUP's recommended institutional regulation for termination of an appointment based on factors beyond the affected individual's control. (Author/PG)