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E.D. Duryea Letter to Members of the Commonwealth Club
Form letter concerning his talk before the club, entitled The Facts about the Bay Cities Water Company's Water Supply for San Francisco, and promising the members a printed copy of the address. A copy of the address is included.
The Academic Corporation
This book, the first ever overview of the subject, traces the history of the government of higher education from the middle ages through the 1950's and concludes with a look towards the future. It provides insight into the origins and progression of corporate organization associated with western universities, and explores whether and to what extent changing conditions raise the question of its obsolescence. It will be of interest to those who study higher education as well as the general public, governing board members, and professors.
Faculty Unions and Collective Bargaining
USA. Compilation of papers on the evolution and nature of collective bargaining and trade unionism among higher education and university teachers - examines the bargaining process, grievance procedures, strike and unofficial strike activities, legal aspects, bargaining issues (incl. In respect of wages, working conditions, fringe benefits, etc.), arbitration, etc., and includes several case studies. Bibliography pp. 217 to 223 and references.
The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance
There was a time when the faculty governed universities. Not anymore. The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance is the first history of shared governance in American higher education. Drawing on archival materials and extensive published sources, Larry G. Gerber shows how the professionalization of college teachers coincided with the rise of the modern university in the late nineteenth century and was the principal justification for granting teachers power in making educational decisions. In the twentieth century, the efforts of these governing faculties were directly responsible for molding American higher education into the finest academic system in the world. In recent decades, however, ...
