Campus Unions: Organized Faculty and Graduate Students in U.S. Higher Education, ASHE Higher Education Report

With roughly 25% of those teaching college classes belonging to a union, higher education is one of the most heavily organized industries in the United States. Substantial research–based literature exists as scholars have been studying the topic for a half of a century. Following an overview of its history and context, this monograph synthesizes and analyzes the existing research on faculty and graduate student unionization. It points to evolving understandings of faculty attitudes regarding collective bargaining and the findings on the relationships between unionization and compensation, satisfaction, procedural protections, organizational effectiveness, and related issues for tenure–line faculty. Additional chapters consider the more limited research on non–tenure–line faculty and graduate student instructors. As such, this monograph illuminates the accepted understandings, contested arguments, and the substantial gaps in understandings that remain. This is the third issue of the 43rd volume of the Jossey–Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication. INDICE: Executive Summary 7 .Foreword 12 .Acknowledgements 15 .Introduction 16 .About This Monograph 21 .History and Context 25 .Historical Backdrop 26 .Current Landscape 36 .National Organizations 38 .Conclusion 41 .The Attitudes and Voting Behaviors of Tenure–Line Faculty 42 .Early Considerations of Attitudes and Attributes 43 .Economic and Noneconomic Factors in the 1980s 50 .Small–Scale Studies in the 1990s 53 .Lessened Attention in the 21st Century 56 .Conclusion 60 .Effects of Tenure–Line Faculty Unions 61 .Compensation 62 .Tenure, Grievance Procedures, and Retrenchment Policies 80 .Governance and Faculty Influence 88 .Collegiality and Campus Relationships 95 .Satisfaction 98 .Other Effects of Faculty Unionization 101 .Conclusion 103 .Non–Tenure–Line and Part–Time Faculty Unionization 106 .Background and Setting 107 .Research on Non–Tenure–Line and Part–Time Faculty Unions 109 .Conclusion 117 .Graduate Student Unionization 119 .Background and Setting 119 .Research on Graduate Student Unions 122 .Conclusion 130 .Current Understandings and Future Directions 132 .Overview of Existing Research 133 .Needed Additional Studies 138 .Looking Forward 139 .References 143 .Name Index 165 .Subject Index 171 .About the Author 174

• ISBN: 978-1-119-45327-7
• Editorial: Jossey Bass
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 176
• Fecha Publicación: 25/10/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés