The issues that tend to arise in the process of developing and administering a grievance procedure are discussed and some of the ways these issues have been resolved are described. The "ethos" of an institution may be the most important factor in determining the effectiveness of a faculty grievance procedure. (MLW)

A report of Committee A of the American Association of University Professors is presented with four recommendations for imposition of censure. Three accounts to illustrate the mediative work of the AAUP are described. Recommendations deferred and removal of censure are reported. (MLW)

Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. School officials need to recognize it, understand their liability, and take steps to protect themselves and their employees. (MD)

These regulations are designed to enable the institution to protect academic freedom and tenure and the requirements of academic due process. They will require for their implementation a number of structural arrangements and agencies, which will vary from one institution to another. (LBH)

Draft statement developed by a joint task force of the National Society of Professors and the National Faculty Association of Community and Junior Colleges in consultation with the NEA office of General Counsel, NEA Higher Education, and NEA Programs for Human and Civil Rights. (Editor/CB)

In this article the author, himself a full-time ombudsman at a large urban college, attempts to correct some prevailing misconceptions about the office and indicate the source of an ombudsman's effectiveness. (Author)

Analyzes the evaluations of supermarket function and facilities in the neighborhood and outside, and attitudes toward correction of grievances of black and white females in Atlanta, Georgia. (JM)

Reexamines the right of employees to sit-in independently during arbitration between their union and their employer. Journal availability: See EA 511 946. (IRT)

Notes that the duty of fair representation in the public sector is the same as in the private and argues that expanding the former to include liability for negligent representation is one method of accommodating conflicting interests in a constitutionally compatible manner. (Author/IRT)

In examining the proper role of arbitration and arbitrators, the author reviews the status of public laws in private contracts, the response of the arbitrator to the new mix, and the response of both courts and administrative agencies to arbitrators. Available from University of Cincinnati Law Review, Taft Hall, University of Cincinnati,…

The overriding factor of success in a collective bargaining relationship is the degree to which the principal practices human relations. (Author)