The problem area with which this study is concerned is faculty participation in internal decision-making in Florida's public two-year colleges. The purpose of the study was to determine the level of participation as it existed and to examine factors affecting faculty satisfactions that are perceived as areas needing change to increase participation and raise satisfaction levels. The study also was concerned with faculty perception of collective bargaining as a viable alternative mode of internal governance. / A questionnaire was developed and distributed to a random sampling of faculty and administrators in all twenty-eight colleges. Nine hundred and thirteen questionnaires were distributed to the population sample and 440 were returned for a return rate of 49 percent. / Findings revealed a wide variation in the levels of faculty participation at the twenty-eight colleges, ranging from "no participation" through "joint action". Academic decisions were indicated as the area of activities in which faculty exercise the most influence. The greatest concern for increased input by faculty was in the area of personnel, or faculty welfare, where the respondents indicated faculty had the least amount of input. The colleges, including six colleges that have elected a faculty union, were undecided as to the effectiveness of collective bargaining as a viable alternative, or adjunct, to internal governance structures. / Most of the colleges indicated a preference for independent internal organizations; such as faculty senates, councils, committees, or associations; and tended to be generally undecided as to whether a union election would be successful in the immediate future on each college campus. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-03, Section: A, page: 0914. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74118 |
| Contributors | GATLIN, GEORGE ERVIN., The Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 156 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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