Unionization in the Academy Visions and

Unionization in the Academy presents an authoritative, balanced, and comprehensive treatment of academic unions--their history, purpose, and the conflicts they cause.

Judith Wagner DeCew is professor of philosophy and former associate dean at Clark University.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Commentary
Introduction	p. 3
Faculty Unions: Background and History	p. 11
Arguments for and against Faculty Unions, and the Problem of Legitimacy	p. 31
The Yeshiva Decision and Unions at Private Institutions	p. 45
Major Effects of Faculty Unionization	p. 57
Unionization among Part-Time Faculty	p. 75
Graduate Student Unions	p. 89
Unionization for Undergraduate RAs: One Case Study	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 119
Selected Readings
Faculty Unions and Academic Politics
Professors, Unions, and American Higher Education: Concluding Observations	p. 127
Academic Politics: Faculty Unions and the Academic Perception	p. 139
Restoring Sanity to an Academic World Gone Mad	p. 167
Are Unions Good for Professors?	p. 173
Faculty Unions and the Legal Landscape
Collective Bargaining and the Professoriate: What the Law Says	p. 187
The Yeshiva Faculty Union: Tales Told Out of School	p. 199
Unionization and Part-Time Faculty
To Many Adjunct Professors, Academic Freedom Is a Myth: As the Ranks of Part-Timers Swell, They Lament How Easily Colleges Can Dump Them	p. 209
The AAUP Organizes Part-Time Faculty: An Experiment in Community Responsibility Suggests that Part- and Full-Time Faculty Can Enrich One Another's Professional Lives	p. 217
Selected Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 227
About the Author	p. 239
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