Describes the apparent downturn in the formation of faculty bargaining units in 1973 and examines the possible causes, suggesting enabling legislation as a significant factor. (Editor)

The purpose of this research is to set out a conceptual framework for explaining variations in the impact of faculty bargaining on institutions of higher education. The conceptual framework is presented in 3 parts. First, a model of the bargaining exchange process is sketched out. Second, an input model describing the structures, processes and…

The purpose of this report is to review empirical evidence on the relationship between the faculty senate and the bargaining agent. A review of the literature concerning the impact of faculty bargaining indicates that there is little published research to support or reject hypotheses concerning the impact of faculty bargaining on senates. As a…

Examines the developing interactions between bargaining agents, senates, and administrations at 4-year institutions and suggests that there are a number of patterns evolving for faculty participation in decisionmaking under collective bargaining. (Editor/PG)

In the first decade of the faculty bargaining movement, there have been only five strikes recorded in four-year institutions. In addition there have been only twenty-five to thirty strikes in two-year institutions. Given the fact that there have been approximately 500 two-year and 150 four-year agreements negotiated over a 10-year period, the…

The purpose of this article is to examine the emergence of faculty bargaining in New Jersey's 15 community colleges using data collected as part of a two-year study. (Author)

A review of the emergence of the neutral function in the context of collective bargaining to determine whether it might have application to higher education impasses of the l980s is outlined. A history of mediation and arbitration in labor disputes in the United States is provided. (MLW)

Study indicates that revolutionary changes in governance procedures will not develop from administrative or court interpretations of bargaining statutes. The major change will derive from case-by-case decisions that will fracture faculty authority and expand negotiations into permissive areas. (Author/LBH)

Fourteen university claims filed in the wake of the Yeshiva decision, to avoid collective bargaining with faculty, are analyzed. It is concluded that neither the National Labor Relations Board nor any regional board has created, in these dispositions, a governance model typefying the "mature" university needed to evaluate faculty…

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…

The determinants of faculty bargaining, including the impact of the organizational context of faculty behavior toward bargaining, are discussed in relation to findings from existing studies and findings from a longitudinal study of the New Jersey system of higher education. The introduction of this book provides the general context for studying…

This study's purpose was to analyze the operation of the bargaining systems in the 16 public two-year New Jersey colleges, to compare these systems with those in other states, and to develop policy recommendations. Research covered the history and origins of bargaining, employers' negotiating structures, faculty salary and compensation analysis,…

Empirical research literature on the relationship between faculty bargaining and faculty reward systems was reviewed. The emphasis was on five areas that may be affected by bargaining: the rationalization of institutional policies and practicies, particularly those related to personnel issues; a rationalization of grievance procedures, with a…