This background paper summarizes the design of a faculty early retirement plan at Stanford University. Summary and recommendations indicate: (1) Budgetary stringencies at Stanford require that the faculty size remain essentially fixed. In view of this situation, a properly designed early retirement program should be adopted as a means of…

This document contains the agreement between the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (PIB) and the American Association of University Professors, PIB Chapter, covering the period from September 1, 1971 through May 31, 1974. Covered in the articles of the agreement are sections on appointments, promotions, tenure, teaching load, compensation, leaves…

In this report a three-strand model for faculty careers is developed. These strands are the disciplinary, the institutional, and the external career of faculty. An attempt is made to determine the outcome of the "academic revolution" spoken of by Jencks and Reisman in their landmark study of that title. Some of the topics covered include faculty…

In this paper the authors survey the literature surrounding the changing role of faculty in governing academic institutions and controlling their own welfare. The review of materials goes back to 1920, documenting the concern of the professoriate for achieving some form of participative governance in higher education generally, but junior college…

This document presents the results of a survey of full-time faculty members at 4 California State Colleges. The survey was designed to discover the level of militancy within the faculty and to single out some other characteristics common to more militant professors. Highlights of the findings include: (1) Militant faculty are more likely to be in…

The author of the present document presents a discussion of faculty collective bargaining within the framework of arguments against unionism which in some instances he refutes as being untrue and in others as being beneficial to the higher education society as a whole. The arguments against faculty unionism, which are referred to in this speech as…

This speech is a preview of the report prepared by the Commission on Academic Tenure. Following a review of the Commission's history, four major areas are reviewed. These areas include salient facts about the current operations of the tenure system, central tendencies of the Commission's findings and recommendations, an outline of the Commission's…

Institutions granting 4-year or higher degrees were asked in 1970-71 to supply basic information about faculty load policies and practices. Responses were received from 1,101 institutions that employed 222,053 faculty. The most frequently reported base used to define faculty load is the semester hour, followed by the quarter hour and contact hour.…

This document presents a bibliography on the status of collective bargaining in higher education, with specific focus on the literature related to the problems of employee organization and collective bargaining. Given particular emphasis are analyses of the activities of university faculty members rather than those of nonacademic personnel. The…

The New Jersey teacher's average salary continues to be well into the highest 20 percent of teacher average salaries nationally. Here are recently released figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce on a county by county basis showing the minimum and maximum salaries for teachers with 4-, 5-, and 6-year training levels. (Editor/RK)

With the alarming climb in the incidence of school violence, teacher organizations have pushed to make teacher security a crucial item in their list of priorities. (Author)

Albert Blum discusses the need for "fallowships" for educators. These would allow educators to lie "fallow" for a year and not read, talk, or think about anything in their field. (MD)

Considers the impact of alcohol abuse-related problems among faculty and staff on the quality of teaching and student learning. Argues that institutional leaders have a responsibility to direct attention to identifying the degree to which the alcohol problem exists and what steps should be taken for the benefit of all. (DMM)

Probability-based targets, instead of tenure quotas, work with a longer view of the future and permit flexibility in decisionmaking by asserting that performance standards remain the key criterion for promotion. (Author/PG)