College and University Governance: Union County College (New Jersey) 1

This report concerns actions taken by the administration and governing bodies of Union County College to eliminate virtually all structures for faculty participation in academic governance. Union County College is a public, two-year college in Union County, NJ, with a main campus in Cranford and add...

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Published in:Academe 2016-07, Vol.102, p.44
Main Author: Gorman, Robert A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic freedom
Collective bargaining
College faculty
Committees
Community colleges
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Summary:This report concerns actions taken by the administration and governing bodies of Union County College to eliminate virtually all structures for faculty participation in academic governance. Union County College is a public, two-year college in Union County, NJ, with a main campus in Cranford and additional campuses in Elizabeth, Plainfield, and Scotch Plains. Founded in 1933, it is the oldest community college in New Jersey. From the mid-1930s until 1982, it operated as a private institution, but that year it again became public after merging with Union County Technical Institute. UCC today enrolls some 11,200 students, about 4,800 of them full-time, and its faculty numbers around 600, with 156 serving on full-time appointments. The college's chapter of the American Association of University Professors was founded in 1965 and has represented the faculty in collective bargaining since the mid-1970s. In fall 2014, the UCC AAUP chapter leadership sent the national AAUP staff a ten-page letter, dated October 30, along with numerous supporting materials.
ISSN:0190-2946
2162-5247