In January 2023, the AAUP announced the establishment of a special committee to review an apparent pattern of politically, racially, and ideologically motivated attacks on public higher education in Florida. Since then, the undersigned members of this special committee have interviewed more than forty faculty members and a former president at…

In this article, I examine the relationship between unionism and academic freedom as revealed by 50 years of reports by the American Association of University Professors' Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Written following investigations of significant and/or intractable situations, the reports demonstrate the complex interactions…

The current review presents both postulated and empirically tested consequences of university unionization and labor strikes on the North American institution's administration, faculty, and students. The review explores the impact of collective bargaining on employee working conditions including job security, academic freedom, university…

One may ask, "What is tenure today with its fuzzy parameters?" Is it a property right that a faculty member may earn and "hold" to retain employment? To understand the issue, educators must first understand what they are tenured to. Since the tenure process emanates from a department, are they tenured to a department or to a…

With the maturation of the internet more and more colleges and universities are offering online courses. As these courses enter the mainstream, public policy issues are beginning to emerge. Many of these involve the tension between the "work for hire" doctrine and academic freedom that occurs when educational institutions offer these…

The extent to which collective bargaining, as a model for conflict resolution, has permeated higher education is examined, and extracts from collective bargaining agreements are analyzed to illustrate the unique nature of collective bargaining for this purpose. It is concluded that when a mutually respectful relationship exists between faculty…

A model for organizational analysis is described and applied to two problems in a community college context: remedial instruction and collective bargaining. The model assesses the institution's superordinate goals, strategy, structure, systems, staff, style, and management skills. (MSE)

Collective bargaining provides a mechanism for a desirable formalization of authority and genuine self-governance in higher education, and can enhance the possibility of higher education's objectives: better teachers and scholars, working in well-functioning, fair, and just institutions, containing programs of some degree of excellence. (MSE)

The dominant faculty dispute resolution process will continue to be negotiation between parties, but mediation will increase. Problem solving by labor-management committees and similar groups, and compulsory interest arbitration, will remain limited. Grievance mediation, although gaining in interest, will not overtake binding grievance…

Court litigation in which the claim (to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) that a faculty collective bargaining agreement violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act is examined. Focus is on arbitration of wrongful termination cases. Conflicting judicial rationales applied in two cases are discussed, and a practical solution is…

A discussion of collective bargaining for part-time college faculty looks at research conducted in Canada and the United States and uses the case of York University (Canada) to examine the politics of collective bargaining and the mediative roles assumed by management in three specific conflict areas of part-time employment policy. (MSE)

Factors affecting the future of faculty collective bargaining are reviewed, including economic and political developments, the rest of the union movement, shifts in public policy concerning the private sector of higher education, and the subjects and effects of bargaining: comparable worth, reshaping the workforce, concession bargaining, and…

In a case involving Yale University (Connecticut), reasons for the National Labor Relations Board reconsidering its previous stance on graduate teaching assistant membership in bargaining units and participation in collective bargaining agreements are examined, drawing on current regulations, recent history of such cases, and the relevance of the…

Aspects of graduate students unionization are discussed both in general and in the context of the experiences of the State University of New York. Considered are the responsibilities of graduate and teaching assistants, the nature of the employment relationship, financial considerations, and the special case of interns and residents in teaching…

This article reviews and interprets the 1980 case of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) vs. Yeshiva University (New York). It also considers state legislatures' responses to the decision, subsequent related NLRB decisions, and the case's overall impact on educational reform in the context of individual cases and of collective bargaining.…