September 27, 2002

Union Seeks Agreement With U. of Mass. on Distance Education

By DAN CARNEVALE

A faculty union wants to create a collective-bargaining agreement with the University of Massachusetts system to make sure its professors aren't overworked or underpaid when they venture into distance education. The university administration says it will go along with some of the union's proposals, but others will be subject to negotiation.

Discussions are set to get moving by early October, and both sides are optimistic that they can agree on policies that will encourage the growth of

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