By Allison C. Ayer, Esq., Founding Partner of Vrountas, Ayer & Chandler, PC.
Part II – Legal standards for colleges and universities facing unionization
Having provided background information about the growing trend for college faculty to unionize in the previously published Part I of this article, the second part of this article analyzes an example of one school’s legal battle to avoid faculty unionization and thereby seeks to demonstrate the challenges colleges and universities face once faculty members begin the process of unionizing.
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By Lisbeth Claus, Professor of Global Human Resources at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management of Willamette University, and Robert L. Quigley, Regional Medical Director and Senior Vice President of Medical Assistance, Americas Region for International SOS.
Introduction
The scholastic sector (international schools, colleges and universities) operates in a global environment, and its students, faculty, administration and staff travel, live, study and work worldwide in the pursuit of educational activities. Additionally, the students and faculty that educational institutions attract are becoming more geographically diverse. This generates a great deal of international travel, which increases the amount of health, safety and security risks and challenges that universities face in order to protect their constituency.
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By Tony Franklin, PhD, Visiting Sports Management Professor at North Carolina State University.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams
Introduction
Each year as higher education officials and athletic administrators embark upon another season of intercollegiate football, safety is one of the top priorities on the responsibility list. Whether you are a major Division I institution accommodating over 200,000 fans/tailgaters or a junior college serving 1,000, deploying well-orchestrated emergency operations is a vital necessity.
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By Anita C. Ingram, Assistant Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, University of Cincinnati.
URMIA’s Leadership Development Committee is pleased to announce that the 2015 URMIA elections are now successfully closed and we had a great voter turnout. At URMIA's Annual Conference in Minneapolis in October, we will induct our new officers.
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Each year, URMIA hosts in-person regional and annual (national) conferences around the country, as well as online webinars designed to minimize your cost and time away from the office while maximizing your educational and networking opportunities. Read on to learn about URMIA's 4th annual Risk Management Week, URMIA's new Affiliate Innovative Resources library, registering for URMIA's 46th Annual Conference in Minneapolis, ISO 31000 training from URMIA and PRIMA, and sponsoring URMIA's annual conference!
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Each month, this article provides some of the latest risk management resources, as well as a calendar of upcoming events, webinars, conferences and other learning opportunities in which you or your campus colleagues may be interested.
Risk Management Resources
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Help us welcome our newest members, and see what professional updates your colleagues have to share from the last month.
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