Contrary to popular belief, much power is vested in university governing boards that are usually composed of individuals not professionally concerned with higher education. The Center conducted a study in 1965 of trustees at 38 member institutions of the American Association of Universities, in an effort to expand previous findings on governing…

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…

The primary purpose of this report on the economic status of the teaching profession is to assist state and local education associations in their efforts to improve the compensation of teachers at all levels--elementary, secondary, and higher education. This compendium of currently available data provides a single source of technical information…

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 speech discusses the legality of school committee severance and salary adjustment payments based on accumulated and unused sick leave to retired teachers in the last year of service. The types of contract provisions discussed usually invoke a formula by which a certain number of accumulated, unused sick leave days are multiplied by a per diem…

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…

Three economic studies of the effects of bargaining are reviewed in relation to collective negotiations and teachers' salaries. These studies include negotiation and salaries in Michigan, negotiations and average state salaries, and negotiations and salaries in large urban systems. The conclusion indicates that salary benefits of collective…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an inquiry into establishment of an Education Commission in New South Wales. The panel found that it would not be possible to devise an Education Commission acceptable to all parties supporting such a group; no one suggestion seemed an improvement on the present system.…

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…

Considers how lay teachers view justice for themselves in Catholic schools. Suggests that the Catholic Church must strive for just treatment, i.e., teaching environment, teachers' salaries, teacher organizations, of those responsible for teaching the values of Christianity to young students who will make up the Church of the future. (Author/ RK)

Attacks the concept of teacher freedom put forward by the teacher unions. (Editor)