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2015 Annual Conference

42nd Annual National Conference

Thinking about Tomorrow: Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations in Higher Education

April 19, 20, 21, 2015 in New York City at the CUNY Graduate Center

Materials

Webcasts and Podcasts

As part of the National Center’s educational and research mission, we have posted below webcasts and podcasts from our annual conference on April 19-21, 2015 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. The webcasts and podcasts represent a sampling of the quality presentations made at the conference on contemporary topics concerning collective bargaining and labor relations in higher education including civility and academic freedom, contingent faculty, the perspectives of reporters covering higher education, the Affordable Care Act, faculty salary structures, faculty diversity and retention, the impact of NLRB’s Pacific Lutheran University decision and electronic privacy. We thank Becca Pulliam from Please Repeat the Question Productions and Hunter College's ICIT Department for their quality production.

Conference Pictures

Welcoming Remarks by CUNY Faculty Senate Chair Terrence F. Martell.
Welcoming Remarks by CUNY Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations Pamela S. Silverblatt.
Welcoming Remarks by Pamela S. Silverblatt, Terrence F. Martel and Steven London.
Research Panel on the Impact of Collective Bargaining and Local Appropriations on Faculty Salaries and Benefits at U.S. Community Colleges with Stephen Katsinas, Clive Belfield, Fred Floss and moderator DeWayne Sheaffer.
Workshop Training on Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations for New Administrators and Labor Representatives with moderator Jack Nightingale, Deborah Williams, Conrad Bowling and Jeffrey Cross.
Participants in Workshop Training on Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations for New Administrators and Labor Representatives.
Plenary on Civility & Academic Freedom with Tom C. Hogan.
Research Panel on Collective Bargaining and Contingent Faculty: A Survey of Results with Gary Rhoades, Valarie Martin Conley, Susan J. Schurman and moderator Steven Greenhouse.
Panel on Dues and Don'ts after Harris v. Quinn with Richard K. Zuckerman, David Strom, Catherine Fisk and moderator Gary Johnson.
Workshop Training on Use of Financial Data Analysis for Collective Bargaining with John Swarbrick, Howard Bunsis and moderator Jeffery Frumkin.
Plenary: Reporters Roundtable: Covering Labor-Management Issues in Higher Education with Theresa Montaño, Colleen Flaherty, moderator Steven Greenhouse and Peter Schmidt.
Announcement on the Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy with Co-editors Steve Hicks and Jeffrey Cross.
Panel: Best Practices on Diversity and Retention with moderator John Rose, J. Philippe Abraham, Carlos Medina, Anthony Browne, Rose Campbell and Mark Hauber.
Workshop Training on Mindfulness and Stress Management for Negotiations and Labor Relations with Jeanne Anselmo and Victor Goode.
Panel on Higher Education Scorecards, Performance Based Metrics and Faculty Compensation with Jonathan Blitz, Alan D. Phillips, moderator Jeffrey M. Lax and Mark Smith.
Panel on Distinctions and Similarities in Public and Private Sector Negotiations with moderator Judi Burgess, Michael Loconto, Beth Margolis and Cindy Oliver.
Panel on the Ins and Outs of Faculty Salary Structures and Wage Equity with moderator John W. Curtis, Michael N. O’Malley, Pierre Joanis, Rex Fuller and Michael Conlin.
Panel on Electronic Privacy in Higher Education with Jill L. Rosenberg, Jason Walta, moderator Raymond L. Haines and Frederick Lane (not shown).
Panel on Views from Mediators: Resolving Higher Education Labor Disputes with Kevin Flanigan, panelist and moderator Joel M. Douglas and Kathleen Murray-Cannon.
Panel on Bargaining & Implementing a First Contract at the University of Oregon with panelists (not in pictured order) Doug Blandy, Jane Gordon, Bill Brady, Barbara Altmann, David Cecil and moderator Pamela S. Silverblatt.
Panel on Lessons from Bargaining a First Contract for Contingent Faculty at Georgetown University with panelists (not in pictured order) Lisa Krim, Cynthia Chance, Jonathan Fritts, Kerry Danner-McDonald, David Rodich, Anne McLeer and moderator Harris Freeman.
Panel on the Affordable Care Act Update with panelist and moderator Larry Singer, John H. Gross, Maria Maisto and John Abraham.
Annual Panel on the Year in Higher Education with Helen Fairfoul, Stuart Andrews, Theodore H. Curry and moderator Daniel Julius.
Panel on the Politics of Higher Education Funding with Kenneth Mash, Michael Mitchell, Hon. Sandra B. Cunningham and moderator Hank Sheinkopf.
Panelists Kenneth Mash and Michael Mitchell presenting on the Politics of Higher Education Funding.
Moderator Hank Sheinkopf and panelist Hon. Sandra B. Cunningham presenting on the Politics of Higher Education Funding.
Panel on Special Issues and Challenges in Collective Bargaining and Graduate Assistants with Peter Chester, John D. Vander Weg, Margaret E. Winters, Adrienne Eaton, Carl J. Levine and Kerr Ballenger.
Panel on the Impact of the Pacific Lutheran on Collective Bargaining at Catholic Colleges and Universities with Clayton Sinyai, Maryann Parker, Nicholas P. Cafardi, Michael P. Moreland and moderator David L. Gregory (not shown).
Panel on Past Practices and Labor Relations: The Importance of Institutional Memory with Angela Latham, Scott Laderman, Scott Hamlin and James Burkel.
Panel on Legal Issues in Higher Education: Annual Review of Court and Administrative Developments with moderator Marjorie Wittner, Richard F. Griffin, Aaron Nisenson and Neal H. Hutchens.
Panel on Music and Bargaining: Negotiating in Tune at Music Schools and Developments with William Silvio, Matt Marvuglio, Michael Scott, moderator David Stein, Martin Mueller and Jimmy Owens (not shown).
Panel on Lessons from Bargaining a First Contract for Part-Time Contingent Faculty at Tufts University with moderator Jeffrey Cross, Nicholas DiGiovanni, James Glaser, Rebecca Gibson, Patricia Di Silvio, Christine Cousineau and Larry Alcoff.
Panel on the Impact of Pacific Lutheran on Collective Bargaining at Catholic Colleges and Universities with David Gregory, Clayton Sinyai, Maryann Parker, Nicholas Cafardi and Michael P. Moreland.
Workshop Training on Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations for Experienced Administrators and Labor Representatives with Joe Ambash, Howard Parish and David Thaler.
Participants in the Workshop Training on Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations for Experienced Administrators and Labor Representatives.
Panel on Sexual Assaults on Campus: What is to Be Done? with Coleen Chin, Michelle Kiss, Sabrina Sanders, Elizabeth Davenport, and moderator Alexandra Matish.
Panel on Music and Bargaining: Negotiating in Tune at Music Schools and Departments with New School Educator and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Jimmy Owens.
Research Panel on Negotiating Academic Freedom for Contingent Faculty with Cornell University ILR Students Kevin Mollica, Emily Miller & Shane Lancer.
Legal Panel Participant Senior Legal Counsel of the AAUP Aaron Nisenson.
Phased Retirement Panel with Tim Lane, Steven Fillings, Amy Strage, and William Connellan.