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This report presents the University of Hawaii Kapiolani Community College's (KCC's) 1997-2002 Academic Development Plan. The report contains seven sections. Section 1 describes the college, enrollment numbers, and faculty and staff numbers. A total of 16,400 students are enrolled, and 330 faculty members and 126 staff members are employed. Section 2 outlines KCC's mission. Section 3 describes the college's planning process, which is part of a comprehensive approach that seeks to integrate academic program planning and budgeting through a participatory process involving faculty, staff, and students. Section 4 discusses the planning context for KCC, stating that there will be significant shifts and improvements in how instruction in liberal arts, health science fields, and technical programs are delivered. The college monitors three areas of its external environment on a continuous basis: demographics, economics, and technology. These external changes in turn generate internal changes in the college. Performance indicator graphs are also provided. Section 5 lists the college's four goals: (1) provide access, quality, and service; (2) champion diversity; (3) acquire and manage resources innovatively; and (4) contribute to the efforts of functioning as a system. Section 6 puts forth KCC's priorities and its intention to address them, organized by goal, program, academic support unit, and emphasis. Section 7 provides a description of the estimated resources required to implement this plan. (VWC)

The collective bargaining agreement between University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii for the period 1987-1989 is presented. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, outside employment, exemption from tuition, duty period, paid and unpaid leaves of absence, sabbatical leaves, study leaves, vacation, sick leave, holidays, leave without pay for professional improvement, faculty travel, academic freedom and responsibility, tenure and service, renewal of contracts during probationary period, promotion, tenure application and review, faculty personnel panel, retrenchment, placement of retrenched faculty, employment rights of retrenched tenured faculty, reappointment of retrenched faculty, representation rights, appointment to administrative duties, transfer of tenure within the University of Hawaii, disciplinary actions, suspension or discharge, personnel files, adequate security, health and safety, salaries, health fund contributions, compensation for academic chairs, grievance procedure, rights of the employer, and no strike/lockout clause. Salary schedules for specific institutions and sectors are included. (SW)

This document includes two statements of policy for the University of Hawaii's drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. The first, "Illegal Drugs and Substance Abuse," opens with an introduction stating the University's general mission and that mission's incompatibility with substance abuse. A second section details the University's expectations for students, faculty and staff. The policy's objectives and applicability follow. A fifth section establishes definitions of key terms and a sixth section details six university policies regarding drug and alcohol abuse. The following section describes administrative procedures for informing students and staff of current policy, for establishing a drug awareness program, and for establishing other procedures. The second document,"Illegal Drugs and Alcohol Abuse" lists the policy's objectives and those to whom it applies. Cross references to other university policies are provided along with definitions of key terms. Policies on illegal drugs, and alcohol, and other substance abuse are detailed. Briefly described is the abuse prevention program which is to include distribution of information and a biennial review of its program. (JB)

The collective bargaining agreement between the University of Hawaii Board of Regents and the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly covering the period July 1, 1983-June 30, 1985 is presented. The American Association of University Professors affiliated union has 2,810 members. Items covered in the agreement include: unit recognition, nondiscrimination, conditions of service, duty period, leaves of absence with/without pay, faculty travel, academic freedom and responsibility, tenure and service, renewal of contracts during probationary period, promotion, faculty personnel panel, retrenchment, representation rights, disciplinary actions, personnel files, adequate security, health and safety, awards for merit, salaries, task force on salary administration, compensation for academic chairs, grievance procedure, rights of the employer, savings clause, entirety and modification of agreement, conflict provision, and no strike/lockout. Appended are a memorandum of understanding concerning merit awards, a memorandum of intention to consult for specialists, and a memorandum of intention to consult for community colleges. (SW)