Full Description
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.
Contents
Executive Summary 7Foreword 12Acknowledgements 15Introduction 16About This Monograph 21History and Context 25Historical Backdrop 26Current Landscape 36National Organizations 38Conclusion 41The Attitudes and Voting Behaviors of Tenure-Line Faculty 42Early Considerations of Attitudes and Attributes 43Economic and Noneconomic Factors in the 1980s 50Small-Scale Studies in the 1990s 53Lessened Attention in the 21st Century 56Conclusion 60Effects of Tenure-Line Faculty Unions 61Compensation 62Tenure, Grievance Procedures, and Retrenchment Policies 80Governance and Faculty Influence 88Collegiality and Campus Relationships 95Satisfaction 98Other Effects of Faculty Unionization 101Conclusion 103Non-Tenure-Line and Part-Time Faculty Unionization 106Background and Setting 107Research on Non-Tenure-Line and Part-Time Faculty Unions 109Conclusion 117Graduate Student Unionization 119Background and Setting 119Research on Graduate Student Unions 122Conclusion 130Current Understandings and Future Directions 132Overview of Existing Research 133Needed Additional Studies 138Looking Forward 139References 143Name Index 165Subject Index 171About the Author 174
