1. Collective Bargaining in Higher Education: The More or Less Resolved and Unresolved Research Questions 1968 – 2008 Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu) Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research University of Alaska System of Higher Education Presentation at the Conference of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions; Baruch College, CUNY April 20, 2009.

2. Historiography of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education Lack of Consensus on How to Study the Phenomenon or Research Focus; Lack of Consensus on Methodologies and Instruments most Predicative of Collective Bargaining Outcomes; Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)2

3. Historiography of Collective Bargaining (cont.) Polemical Nature of Collective Bargaining (The Propensity to Use the Idiosyncratic and Exceptional as Generalizations); Chasm Between “Researcher” and “Practitioner;” Lack of Longitudinal and Comparative Data; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)3

4. The More or Less Resolved Issues/Questions: Accommodation of the “Industrial Model” in Academe; Codification and Standardization of Policies and Procedures Governing Unionized Faculty (Dispute Resolution, Appointment, Promotion, Tenure, Layoff, etc.); Shared Governance; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)4

5. The More or Less Resolved Issues (cont.) Identification of Institutions Receptive to Faculty Unionization; Institutional and Demographic Variables (Organizational Size, Region, Affiliation, Enabling Legislation, etc.) Generally More Predictive than Faculty “Attitudes”; Increased Potential for Adversarial Relationships; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)5

6. The More or Less Resolved Issues (cont.) Participation by Third Parties; Clarification of Administrative and Supervisory Functions/Roles; Centralization of Power and Authority, Less Departmental and School Autonomy, Less Campus Autonomy in Systems; Propensity for Economic and Human Resources Forecasting; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)6

7. The More or Less Resolved Issues (cont.) Challenges to Routine Decision-Making; Yeshiva Decision Having an Impact on Emerging Relationships in the Private Sector, but not on those Established Prior to 1981, Negligible Impact on the Public Sector; Factors which Affect Negotiating Strength. 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)7

8. The More or Less Unresolved Issues/Questions: Relationship of Collective Bargaining to Other Internal and External Forces Shaping the Academy; The “Student” Experience; Quality and Prestige (Institutional); 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)8

9. The More or Less Unresolved Issues (cont.) Compensation; (Merit, Part-time, Full-time Faculty); Accreditation; The Teacher/Mentor Relationship; Agent Effectiveness (AFT vs. NEA vs. AAUP); 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)9

10. The More or Less Unresolved Issues (cont.) Relationship of Collective Bargaining to Tuition; Professionalism of Faculty (Workplace Commitment, Orientation to Discipline, Teaching Effectiveness, Productivity, etc.); Institutional Innovation; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)10

11. The More or Less Unresolved Issues (cont.) Predictors of “Success” in Long-Term Relationships Between Unions and the University; How “Agent Transition” Impacts Bargaining Relationships; The Similarities and Differences Between Faculty Bargaining and Contract Administration in Unionized Public and Private Institutions; 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)11

12. The More or Less Unresolved Issues (cont.) Importance of Variables Associated with Strikes, Crossing Picket Lines, Why Some Strikes are Successful and Not Others, Why Some Locals Merge; Collective Bargaining and Faculty Diversity; Most Important Attributes of Successful Negotiators. 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)12

13. Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu) Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research University of Alaska System of Higher Education 907.450.8018 4/20/2009Daniel J. Julius (daniel.julius@alaska.edu)13