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W* m IC 0 0,O 1 8 2.1 5 b' . . ----v ". SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT - Campus unrest is definitely in the air again. The antiwar sentiment has been replaced by the teachers' drive for security and the students' desire to influence policy decisions. In recent weeks, elections havebeen held among faculty on a number of American campuses to determine whether professors wanted a collective bargaining unit to deal with the administration. Fordham, Michigan State, Temple, Rhode Island, and Hawaii were among the universities where faculty were asked to decide. In some cases the vote was clearly against union representation, in others the outcome either favored a particular. union o r was .indecisive, necessi- tating runoff elections now pending. The trend is unmistakable. The state university systems of New York, Rhode Island, Mew Jersey, md Fennsylvania have collec- tive bargaining. Most Massachusetts sta!e colleges and a great many . two-year community colleges are in the union fold. The upsurge in collective bargaininq dates from 1068 when an estimated 10,000 teachers in higher education were covered by such contracts. Today, some 100,000 faculty have this status, about one- eighth of the national total, and it is rising. This development has surprised many college administrators and trustees. Faculty members usually have a great deal of freedom and authority in their work. They and their department heads largely control what is tauqlit and how, and they have a strong voice in campus affairs. Once given tenure (normally after seven years), 3 . h/ ' 8 i'; i .. - I I . I 1