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It is believed that the courts have intruded on the prerogatives of academics to use peer evaluations in personnel decisions. An analysis of academic discrimination cases in the federal courts demonstrates that judicial review is deferential to peer judgments and appears to have little impact on colleges' faculty personnel policies. (Author/MLW)

The National Institute of Education report, "Involvement in Learning: Realizing the Potential of American Higher Education," is discussed. The study group highlighted the outcomes of an undergraduate education--student learning and the implications of student learning--and concluded the appropriate source of curriculum reform is the faculty. (MLW)

Factors affecting the future of faculty collective bargaining are reviewed, including economic and political developments, the rest of the union movement, shifts in public policy concerning the private sector of higher education, and the subjects and effects of bargaining: comparable worth, reshaping the workforce, concession bargaining, and educational quality. (MSE)

ifferent evaluation models were applied to data from a high school career education program to investigate problems in statistical conclusion validity and program effectiveness judgments. If potential threats to internal validity are analyzed and protection strategies are developed, more confidence in unplanned ex post facto design using a naturalistic model is justified. (BS)

The application of the comparable worth doctrine to faculty positions in higher education is examined and the political, legal, legislative, and collective bargaining approaches taken towards its adoption are reviewed and analyzed. Recommendations for enhancing salary equity in academe are postulated. (Author/MLW)

The number of discrimination lawsuits appears to be growing, although many suits are settled out of court without any public record. A study of all federal court decisions on academic discrimination published between 1972 and 1984 is presented, and trustee involvement in court cases is discussed. (MLW)

Principles of using Cued Speech with deaf children are discussed. Review of the literature suggests that Cued Speech has been unjustly criticized. Cued speech should be seen not as a method of communication, but rather as an intervention tool with application for both aural-oral and Total Communication programs. (Author/DB)

Sound management of human resources requires policies and procedures that are developed carefully and applied consistently. Monitoring personnel decisions and developing databases that document their outcomes will help ensure that such decisions are not only made fairly but are perceived so by faculty. (Author/MSE)

Presents examples of how regular classroom-based assessment can be incorporated into foreign language classroom activities, without compromising teaching and learning time, through methods involving student self-assessment, improved assessment tools, small-group practice and testing, and multiple use of standard forms and materials. (CB)

An examination of the structure of academic governance at six unionized four-year institutions--two public universities, two state colleges, and two private liberal arts colleges--shows that faculty unionization is one contextual factor, of many such factors, that affects change in the formal and informal decision-making structure. (Author/JMD)

Describes the results of a project designed to improve children's reading skills by providing them with television program scripts to read prior to viewing the program. (JMF)

The Yeshiva decision shows that several actions must be taken to clarify or resolve issues: several legal terms must be redefined, more comprehensive fact-finding is needed, and higher education collective bargaining must be better understood to distinguish faculty governance roles more clearly. (MSE)

The extension of Title VII to college faculty provided a mechanism for relief in cases where faculty were denied reappointment, promotion, or tenure for reasons unrelated to their job performance. The standards of review in Title VII cases and the court's role in academic Title VII cases are discussed. (MLW)

Analyzes the Supreme Court's decision prohibiting faculty members at New York's Yeshiva University from unionizing because they were decision-making, managerial employees. Explores the implications of the court decision on the actual nature and degree of power among university faculty and others who consider themselves both professionals and employees. (Author/MJL)

A small number of women are the owner/operators of farms and women often participate in the work of production agriculture. Estimates of the percentage of females involved in agricultural injuries range from 11-45% and it is not clear if the risk factors associated with injuries to women are different from those for men. In a two year case-control study of injuries to farm residents, there were 40 injuries involving adult women. Multivariable analysis revealed that the two major risk factors for agricultural injury to females were number of hours worked and the presence of bulls on the fan-n. Most (55%) of the women were injured while in a barn. A cow was the primary agent of injury in 17 (42.5%) of the cases. Efforts to reduce the rate of injuries to women in agriculture should be targeted to the particular risks they experience.

by Terry L. Leap. Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, 1993. 224 pp. $34.00 ($16.95) Over two decades have passed since Congress extended the protections of the primary federal discrimination law, Title [...]