Study Finds Continued Growth of Unions for Faculty Members and Graduate Students

by E Wayne Ross on April 2, 2012

The Chronicle: Study Finds Continued Growth of Unions for Faculty Members and Graduate Students

The number of college faculty members and graduate-student employees represented by unions has risen substantially over the past five years. But such growth might be slowing as a result of moves by state legislatures to curtail collective-bargaining rights, among other recent developments, according to a report published by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.