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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED214444 AUTHOR: Johnstone, Ronald L.
TITLE: The Scope of Faculty Collective Bargaining: An
Analysis of Faculty Union Agreements at Four-Year
Institutions of Higher Education. Contributions to the Study
of Education, Number 2.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 196 p.
AVAILABILITY: Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport,
CT 06881, ($27.50).
ABSTRACT: Based on an analysis of 89 collective bargaining
agreements (representing 95 percent of all those in
existence at four-year institutions), this book provides an
overview of what has been bargained for faculty and where it
has been bargained on unionized campuses. After a discussion
of the history of union activity in higher education, the
report explores the results of negotiations of faculty
rights--due process, grievance, machinery, access to
personnel records--and faculty involvement in decisions on
hiring, firing and promotion. Issues of compensation, fringe
benefits, working conditions, and faculty duties are also
considered, along with the official rights of the union and
its role in college governance. Within these broad
categories, some issues of academic employment are
discussed: tenure, merit pay, course load, sabbatical leave,
and attendance at commencement exercises. Among the
conclusions are the following: affirmative action
commitments seldom are included in collective bargaining
agreements; leaves of absence generally are included in
fewer than half of the agreements; there is wide diversity
among agreements regarding compensation items in terms of
level of success; in regard to involvement in and
responsibility for the academic program of the institution,
collective bargaining agreements provide little information;
there is an important concern on the part of faculty and
administration regarding the effect of collective bargaining
on their relationship; and new models of collective
bargaining should be explored. The appendix lists the
collective bargaining agreements used in this study. A
bibliography and index are also provided. (LC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Arbitration-; College-Administration;
Employment-Practices; Faculty-Workload; Fringe-Benefits;
Governance-; Grievance-Procedures; Higher-Education;
Retirement-Benefits; Teacher-Welfare; Tenure-; Unions-; Work
Environment
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Collective-Bargaining; *College-Faculty;
*Compensation-Remuneration; *Faculty-College-Relationship;
*Negotiation-Agreements
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