Equal access, copyright law, software choice, the under-representation of women and minorities in technical fields, and many other pressing concerns are covered in the eleven chapters of this book. Of particular interest to higher education faculty are those sections relating to intellectual property rights as they affect collective bargaining.
Distance learning is the focus of two chapters.
Eric P. Healy describes the Maine experience with planning, funding, and defending a state-wide distance education system for postsecondary students. J. N. Musto , Executive Director of the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, discusses the development of a future-directed scenario in which an international consortium of faculty unions supported by regional cable companies secures faculty participation in the SeaHawaii distance learning venture. Donald C. Savage , Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and Patricia A. Finn , Business Agent for the Carleton University Academic Staff Association, unfold the story of how model clauses developed in the 1970s to protect faculty copyrights, patent, and other intellectual rights came to be incorporated in many Canadian college and university contracts. See ordering information.