The presence of a faculty union in a community college has a significant impact on its governance. This chapter offers recommendations for dealing with the challenges presented by collective bargaining in the postsecondary education environment.

This bibliographic essay covers references on collective bargaining from the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. (NHM)

Presented an analysis of various mechanisms of interassociational cooperation, emphasizing the role of the American Council on Education. (Editor/RK)

This chapter reviews the three-decade history of collective bargaining at community colleges and analyzes how collective bargaining has altered critical areas in the life of community colleges.

The Chancellor of the Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges comments on Minnesota's experience in administering the landmark April, 1973 contract with the Minnesota Community College Faculty Association. Observations on changes that will result from the new contract now under negotiation are also made. (NHM)

This article focuses on collective bargaining in two-year post-secondary institutions, and discusses the degree of representation with local affiliates of the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors, and independent agents. (NHM)

Additional state laws and federal legislation will probably be enacted to authorize collective bargaining in the public sector. The effect of that legislation will be to facilitate the unionization of a majority of the public two-year colleges throughout the fifty states. (Author/NHM)

Advantages and disadvantages of an academic dean's participation in collective negotiations are discussed. A negotiating chief academic officer must keep a fine sense of balance between his immediate role as institutional representative at the bargaining table and his long-term task of providing instructional leadership for the campus. (NHM)

A management team should consist of from three to seven members, including a chief negotiator, a labor attorney, a contract language specialist, and a recorder. The chief negotiator should establish and maintain a relationship among the members of the team in which the responsibilities of each is clearly limited and understood by all involved.…

The use of a skilled professional negotiator as a consultant or spokesman can assure a college of the most efficient and effective results of bargaining. The specialist can act solely as an advisor and resource person to the administration's bargaining team, or he can be both advisor and chief negotiator. (Author/NHM)

During collective bargaining negotiations at the Community College of Philadelphia, the board of trustees responded to external agents (i.e., legal counsel and professional negotiators), while ignoring the proposals of the administration. This resulted in stress in the authority system and in a closing-off of some of the available human resources…

Since collective bargaining is so closely tied to a department chairman's duties involving hiring, evaluation, promotion, tenure, assignment of duties, and discipline, the chairman can play an effective role as an administrative functionary only if he is excluded from the faculty bargaining unit. (NHM)

Traces collective bargaining's growth in community colleges. Identifies trends toward increasing emphasis on governance in contract negotiations and toward separating governance issues from economic issues in the bargaining process. Considers the relationship between faculty senates and unions and explores alternative bargaining approaches. Offers…

Presents a model for developing a workable collective bargaining agreement without potentially disruptive behavior, stressing the role of board leadership. Contrasts distributive and integrative approaches, suggests the creative use of neutrals, and stresses the value of a win-win approach. (AYC)

Collective bargaining is not unprofessional, merely novel to the academic profession, argues an experienced negotiator in explaining its characteristics. (Editor)