Article described an early retirement program designed to provide a creative alternative to the intracability caused by disenchanted or disabled teachers. (Author/RK)

Discusses recent court decisions dealing with school district maternity leave policy, emphasizing the Aiello case, where the Supreme Court upheld a state insurance program that excluded disabilities relating to normal pregnancies, and the LaFleur and Cohen cases, where the Supreme Court held that mandatory termination of pregnant teachers is…

Discusses the 1972 policy of the Virginia Community College System that removed faculty tenure except for those who already possessed tenure or had been recommended for tenure. (PG)

Discusses the case of Professor Ehlen at Concordia Seminary in Missouri who was denied reappointment and dismissed in February 1974 for reasons concerning his interpretation of passages from the Old Testament. (Author/PG)

The administration of Houston Baptist University, while proceeding in accordance with its interpretation of institutional policy, terminated the appointment of Dr. Talley, who had served in excess of the probation period at the time he was notified of the action. The administration acted without specific cause and without demonstrating cause.…

Twenty-one local education agency teacher incentive programs from seven north central states--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin--are described in this report. Methodology involved mail surveys of certified staff (which yielded an overall response rate of 78 percent), telephone interviews with program leaders and…

Discusses the academic freedom case of history professor Grant Cooper at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. (PG)

Paper takes a critical view of the efforts by teacher union activists to gain control over education in America, including requirements for entrance into and remaining in the teaching profession. (Editor)

At Stanford University, The early retirement plan is an option for older faculty who, while continuing for the most part to serve their institutions well, nonetheless recognize a difficulty in competing with younger faculty who are attuned to today's approaches. (Author/PG)

Reports on the findings of a time budget of a university lecturer for 12 months and challenges the assumption that faculty work only 50.5 hours a week. Increasing bureaucratization of staff-student relationships has reduced the time available for faculty reading and research. (Author/PG)

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…