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Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters Feb 2016

Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

The variety of titles for non-tenure-track, part-time, contingent faculty and their semantic meanings are explored. The terms are not random when looked at collectively, but rather form a pattern which is indicative of contemporary post-secondary academic employment and culture. More specifically, these titles reflect several characteristics of the faculty who bear them: among others, the fact that they are not in full-time employment, the fact that their contracts are for shorter periods of time than those of tenure-track faculty, and the fact that their contracts reflect an expectation of impermanence in employment. Also expressed in the titles are more nuanced …


Wage Distribution Impacts Of Higher Education Faculty Unionization, Charles S. Wassell Jr, David W. Hedrick, Steven E. Henson, John M. Krieg Feb 2016

Wage Distribution Impacts Of Higher Education Faculty Unionization, Charles S. Wassell Jr, David W. Hedrick, Steven E. Henson, John M. Krieg

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

The literature on the effects of unions on the distribution of wages at the macroeconomic and inter-industry levels has given little attention to the effects at the firm level. At the same time, research on collective bargaining impacts in higher education has focused on the overall wage level rather than on the distribution of salaries. Using panel data on individual faculty members, we find faculty unionization to be associated with a significant flattening of the wage distribution across academic disciplines. This has implications for why faculty might choose to unionize, even in the absence of an overall wage premium.


The Impact Of Pacific Lutheran On Collective Bargaining At Catholic Colleges And Universities, Maryann Parker, Saerom Park Feb 2016

The Impact Of Pacific Lutheran On Collective Bargaining At Catholic Colleges And Universities, Maryann Parker, Saerom Park

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

In 1979, the Supreme Court found that teachers at a Catholic parochial school were exempt from the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) because of First Amendment religious infringement risks. Subsequently, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has faced controversy over its efforts to delineate an appropriate test for the religious exemption in the higher education context. This uncertainty over the NLRB’s test has resulted in time-consuming litigation and hampered faculty’s ability to organize at schools where Board jurisdiction would not present a significant risk of First Amendment infringement. This paper argues that the Board’s recent decision in Pacific Lutheran University …


The New Focus Of Academic Organizing: Private Institutions Now Face Academic Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni Jr. Feb 2016

The New Focus Of Academic Organizing: Private Institutions Now Face Academic Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni Jr.

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Academic labor unions will likely become a growing presence on the campuses of private colleges and universities in the years ahead due to three main factors. First, the NLRB has agreed to hear a case involving a petition by the United Auto Workers to represent graduate teaching assistants at The New School, and it is quite likely that the NLRB will reverse past precedent and find that graduate teaching and research assistants will have the right to unionize at private institutions. Second, the Board also issued a highly consequential decision in December of 2014 which will make it exceedingly difficult …


What Are We Negotiating For? Public Interest Bargaining, Gary Rhoades Feb 2016

What Are We Negotiating For? Public Interest Bargaining, Gary Rhoades

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Most bargaining, interest-based or traditional, focuses on the interests of the negotiating parties. The premise of traditional bargaining is that the two parties at the table have fundamentally competing interests, and that it is a game in which one party’s win is the other’s loss. In some regards, Interest-Based Bargaining (IBB) offers a different starting point and process. An IBB approach involves going through a formal training before the negotiations. It reframes the negotiation process as a search for common ground and mutual interest/gain. No matter what process is followed, each party brings to the table what it sees as …


Graduate Scholar 2016: A Journal Of Scholarship And Recognition, Graduate School Of Eastern Illinois University Jan 2016

Graduate Scholar 2016: A Journal Of Scholarship And Recognition, Graduate School Of Eastern Illinois University

Graduate Scholar

No abstract provided.


Developing The Whole Student: Campus Ministry's Impact On Spiritual Development, Zachary D. Samples Jan 2016

Developing The Whole Student: Campus Ministry's Impact On Spiritual Development, Zachary D. Samples

Masters Theses

College students at both public and private institutions across the country are involved in campus ministry organizations; however, not much is known about how such involvement translates into the students' faith and spiritual development. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of how students are involved in campus ministry organizations, how faith and spiritual development is affected, and how students are generally impacted by campus ministry organization involvement. The researcher conducted six interviews with juniors and seniors involved in three different campus ministry organizations. Results showed that participants have grown in their faith and spirituality through membership in campus …


Impact Of Employment On Undergraduate Academic Achievement, Canaan Daniels Jan 2016

Impact Of Employment On Undergraduate Academic Achievement, Canaan Daniels

Masters Theses

The purpose of the research was to examine the relationship between employment and academics among undergraduate students attending a mid-sized Midwestern institution. Though current literature was mixed on this relationship, the researcher developed research questions to further explore if such variables were related. From data presented by prior research on employment and academics, hypotheses were formed to see if employment had any relationship to students' academic achievement. A questionnaire was then distributed to over 8,000 students so that results from participants could be examined to find if any relationships existed. An SPSS analysis using 421 responses was conducted that resulted …


Transfer Students' Perceptions Of Their Academic Preparedness From Urban Community Colleges To Four-Year Institutions, Jazmine E. Thompson Jan 2016

Transfer Students' Perceptions Of Their Academic Preparedness From Urban Community Colleges To Four-Year Institutions, Jazmine E. Thompson

Masters Theses

This study was designed to investigate the perceptions of transfer students' academic preparedness from urban community colleges to four-year institutions. Within separate one-on-one interviews, four participants were asked a set of open-ended demographic and biographic questions regarding their community college experience. Through coding and analyzing participant responses several themes emerged, including (1) importance of relationships with faculty and staff, (2) departmental support, (3) academic preparation for a four-year university, (4) preparedness for university academic expectation, (5) learned academic strategies, (6) test-taking, (7) understanding environments and (8) utilization of professor and other strategies. Several conclusions of the present study were drawn …


A Quantitative Study Of The Source Of Stress For First Generation Freshman Female College Students, Amber Byrley Jan 2016

A Quantitative Study Of The Source Of Stress For First Generation Freshman Female College Students, Amber Byrley

Masters Theses

This study compared the sources of stress between first-generation and continuing-generation freshman female students, Caucasian and non-Caucasian freshman female students, and straight and non-straight freshman female students. This study was conducted at a rural, Midwestern, four-year, public institution, 101 first time freshman students living in on-campus housing participated in this study. A quantitative study was designed using Higbee and Dwinell's (1992) Developmental Inventory of the Sources of Stress (DISS) questionnaire which measures stress in five sub-categories including time management, physical lifestyle, academics, interactions, and chemical stressors. Results of the study indicated that overall, first-generation freshman females experience more total stress …


Understanding Mentoring Relationships: The Black Male Graduate Student Perspective, Kwame R. Patterson Jr. Jan 2016

Understanding Mentoring Relationships: The Black Male Graduate Student Perspective, Kwame R. Patterson Jr.

Masters Theses

Black males face many obstacles in higher education. They are disproportionately represented among students who are forced to withdraw, underperform academically, and report negative experiences. Despite the negative experiences Black males may encounter, many still have a strong interest in education, and mentoring plays a role in that interest. The purpose of this study was to explore the mentoring relationships and influence on the Black male graduate students experience. A qualitative study was conducted with Black males who received their master's degrees from a regional Midwestern institution. Research revealed that mentoring played a major role in Black male's graduate experience …


A Summer Bridge Program's Impact: Social Engagement And The Building Of Self-Efficacy, Stephen L. Roach Jan 2016

A Summer Bridge Program's Impact: Social Engagement And The Building Of Self-Efficacy, Stephen L. Roach

Masters Theses

This two phase study sought to investigate the impact that a summer bridge program (SIHL) at a midsized, public institution at had on participants' academic success through an examination of its effect on their self-efficacy. In addition, this study sought to gain an increased understanding of how the program impacted self-efficacy, by providing a new conceptual model for examining the program and similar programs. Lastly, this study expanded on the research conducted by Lucas (2012), by incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods. Participants in Phase 1, the quantitative phase, were 322 students of varying ages, races and ethnicities, genders, and …


To Teach Reading And Writing Well: "Genre Awareness" In Basic Writing, Tara Peck Jan 2016

To Teach Reading And Writing Well: "Genre Awareness" In Basic Writing, Tara Peck

Masters Theses

In this thesis, I argue that a "genre awareness" approach should be implemented into basic writing instruction because it enables students to unpack ideologies and beliefs inherent in genres that basic writing students read and write. Because basic writing students often have little to no prior knowledge reading and writing in academic genres, instructors should teach basic writing students how to broaden their understanding of reading and writing to include readers, writer, context, and text; even more, instructors should teach basic writing students to see the connection between the larger scene and situations in which genres arise. My argument's foundation …


Fall 2015 Program Guide, Academy Of Lifelong Learning Oct 2015

Fall 2015 Program Guide, Academy Of Lifelong Learning

Program Catalogs

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Past Practices & Labor Relations: The Importance Of Institutional Memory, James Burkel Sep 2015

Past Practices & Labor Relations: The Importance Of Institutional Memory, James Burkel

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Past Practices & Labor Relations: The Importance Of Institutional Memory, Scott Laderman Sep 2015

Past Practices & Labor Relations: The Importance Of Institutional Memory, Scott Laderman

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Past Practice & Labor Relations: The Importance Of Institutional Memory, Scott Laderman, James Burkel, John Hamlin, Angela Latham Sep 2015

Past Practice & Labor Relations: The Importance Of Institutional Memory, Scott Laderman, James Burkel, John Hamlin, Angela Latham

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Music & Bargaining: Negotiating In Tune At Music Schools & Departments -- Associated Musicians Of Greater New York, Local 802, American Federation Of Musicians, Afl-Cio -And- The New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music Sep 2015

Music & Bargaining: Negotiating In Tune At Music Schools & Departments -- Associated Musicians Of Greater New York, Local 802, American Federation Of Musicians, Afl-Cio -And- The New School For Jazz And Contemporary Music

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Berklee Faculty Union -- Faculty Contract Agreement 2013-2016 Sep 2015

Berklee Faculty Union -- Faculty Contract Agreement 2013-2016

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Berklee College Of Music Criteria For Promotion And Reappointment Sep 2015

Berklee College Of Music Criteria For Promotion And Reappointment

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Key Provisions Of The Part Time Lecturers Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Tufts University’S School Of Arts And Sciences And Seiu, Local 509, Jeffrey Cross Sep 2015

Key Provisions Of The Part Time Lecturers Collective Bargaining Agreement Between Tufts University’S School Of Arts And Sciences And Seiu, Local 509, Jeffrey Cross

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


This Much I Know Is True: The Five Intangible Influences On Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni Sep 2015

This Much I Know Is True: The Five Intangible Influences On Collective Bargaining, Nicholas Digiovanni

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Tufts University: Lessons From Bargaining A First Contract For Part-Time Contingent Faculty -- Seiu Cba Sep 2015

Tufts University: Lessons From Bargaining A First Contract For Part-Time Contingent Faculty -- Seiu Cba

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Sexual Assaults On Campus: What Is To Be Done? Us Department Of Education Questions And Answers On Title Ix And Sexual Violence Sep 2015

Sexual Assaults On Campus: What Is To Be Done? Us Department Of Education Questions And Answers On Title Ix And Sexual Violence

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Sexual Assaults On Campus: What Is To Be Done? Sep 2015

Sexual Assaults On Campus: What Is To Be Done?

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson, Neal H. Hutchens, Marjorie Wittner Sep 2015

Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson, Neal H. Hutchens, Marjorie Wittner

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson Sep 2015

Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle), Richard F. Griffin Sep 2015

Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle), Richard F. Griffin

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle): Seattle University Nlrb Rd Decision Sep 2015

Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle): Seattle University Nlrb Rd Decision

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.


Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle) -- Pacific Lutheran University Nlrb Decision Sep 2015

Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court & Administrative Developments (Cle) -- Pacific Lutheran University Nlrb Decision

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.