AFT Higher Education
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400,000 workers in higher education defending democracy and protecting a pathway to opportunity for all.
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WATCH & SHARE: College & university faculty teach classes that transform students’ lives and run labs that result in lifesaving medical research. They create opportunity and strengthen communities. We must defend higher education, not defund it.
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Attacks on Higher Ed are Attacks on ALL of Us.
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🎉HIGHER EDUCATION: Saving Lives. Building Futures. Powering the Economy.
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Get up & MOVE: Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower! Last night, members learned best practices to take our #union from #GoodToGreat. Look out for more ways to grow! #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Get up & MOVE: Mobilize, Organize, Vote, Empower! Last night, members learned best practices to take our #union from #GoodToGreat. Look out for more ways to grow! #UnionYES @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @psrp-aft.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
Haphazard, top-down "reorgs" don't make sense at the campus level, and they definitely don't make sense at the federal level. “This move is neither streamlining nor reform – it’s an abdication and abandonment of America’s future,” said @rweingarten.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Workers inside Department of Education say Trump’s latest bid to dismantle agency ‘makes no sense’
‘Morale is completely lost,’ say workers as Trump administration strips some programs and transfers others
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Haphazard, top-down "reorgs" don't make sense at the campus level, and they definitely don't make sense at the federal level. “This move is neither streamlining nor reform – it’s an abdication and abandonment of America’s future,” said @rweingarten.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year—more than 3x overall inflation.
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🦃 NEW: Thanksgiving dinner is up 10% this year—more than 3x overall inflation.
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
Families are cutting back or skipping the holiday entirely. The reason? Trump’s policies are driving prices up for the whole meal.
Full analysis from Groundwork, TCF, & AFT: go.tcf.org/TurkeyDay
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I was talking to a student about this during office hours! I told them their professors are outstanding in their field and they should take advantage of that and really learn from them. I think a lot of students at UAlbany don’t necessarily think about that.
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I was talking to a student about this during office hours! I told them their professors are outstanding in their field and they should take advantage of that and really learn from them. I think a lot of students at UAlbany don’t necessarily think about that.
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Political violence must be condemned. Where’s the chorus of all those folks who appropriately condemned Charlie Kirk’s assassination
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Political violence must be condemned. Where’s the chorus of all those folks who appropriately condemned Charlie Kirk’s assassination
"Montclair State aren’t necessarily any less smart, talented, passionate or ambitious than their Ivy League counterparts."
Apologies for being a few days late sharing this 🔥 op-ed, the WSJ op-ed pages are not typically such an inspiring place for us 🙃
@aftnewjersey.bsky.social
Apologies for being a few days late sharing this 🔥 op-ed, the WSJ op-ed pages are not typically such an inspiring place for us 🙃
@aftnewjersey.bsky.social
"[admin]...who regard the...students of their own universities with such contempt as to be undeserving of the education that in many cases those administrators themselves, or their parents, or their children received...are an enemy of the educational enterprise"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"Montclair State aren’t necessarily any less smart, talented, passionate or ambitious than their Ivy League counterparts."
Apologies for being a few days late sharing this 🔥 op-ed, the WSJ op-ed pages are not typically such an inspiring place for us 🙃
@aftnewjersey.bsky.social
Apologies for being a few days late sharing this 🔥 op-ed, the WSJ op-ed pages are not typically such an inspiring place for us 🙃
@aftnewjersey.bsky.social
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Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Starbucks can end this today: bargain in good faith, resolve unfair labor practices, and stop the union-busting.
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
Until then, workers are holding the line! #NoCoffeeNoContract
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PSC members & @cuny.edu students marched & rallied today at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social to demand that President Frank Wu take immediate action to protect the health & safety of students and employees who were working in Delany Hall while substantial construction & asbestos abatement took place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
PSC members & @cuny.edu students marched & rallied today at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social to demand that President Frank Wu take immediate action to protect the health & safety of students and employees who were working in Delany Hall while substantial construction & asbestos abatement took place.
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Read the full statement from AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social on President Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department: www.aft.org/press-releas...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Read the full statement from AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social on President Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department: www.aft.org/press-releas...
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Save the date!
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Save the date!
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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These borrowers are doing their best to follow the ever-changing rules and balance other priorities like retirement and care for a special needs kid. Our government should be helping them, not making it tougher. @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X
For many in the “forgotten generation,” the promise of higher education has become an albatross of debt and regret. And it’s only getting more burdensome.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
These borrowers are doing their best to follow the ever-changing rules and balance other priorities like retirement and care for a special needs kid. Our government should be helping them, not making it tougher. @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
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A $1.1 billion loss to the U.S. economy.
International student enrollment rates at American colleges and universities fell sharply this year, driven by visa application issues as prospective students are caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
New international student enrollment fell sharply this year amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Higher ed institutions reported a 17% drop in new international enrollees this year.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A $1.1 billion loss to the U.S. economy.
Devastating. 48 clinic trials in reproductive health, 97 in infectious disease (14%!), and 118 in cancer
Important new analysis identifying the scope of clinical trials disrupted because of NIH shenanigans.
> 74 thousand trial participants affected
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> 74 thousand trial participants affected
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Clinical Trials Affected by Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health
This cross-sectional study summarizes the number of trials with terminated grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and calculates the proportion of affected trials among those with previou...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Devastating. 48 clinic trials in reproductive health, 97 in infectious disease (14%!), and 118 in cancer
Solidarity with our @apscuf.org members and their allies rallying in Harrisburg today for fair funding! www.wccsradio.com/2025/11/16/a...
APSCUF, OTHERS TO RALLY IN HARRISBURG
The faculty union at IUP and the other state-owned universities will stage a rally on Monday in Harrisburg, ad...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Solidarity with our @apscuf.org members and their allies rallying in Harrisburg today for fair funding! www.wccsradio.com/2025/11/16/a...
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"This marks a huge win for the broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions that brought the lawsuit..." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @uaw.org
Win in AAUP v. Trump: Court Blocks Attacks on University of California System
In a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit led by the AAUP, a judge has issued a preliminary injunction that will stop the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to unlawfully stifle free speech and...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"This marks a huge win for the broad coalition of faculty, staff, students, and labor unions that brought the lawsuit..." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social @seiu.org @uaw.org
Last week on 11/7 students, faculty and staff rose up at more than 100 universities and colleges across the country and said, “no more.” www.aft.org/news/we-rise...
We rise up to save higher education
It is clear that higher education is under attack.
www.aft.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Last week on 11/7 students, faculty and staff rose up at more than 100 universities and colleges across the country and said, “no more.” www.aft.org/news/we-rise...
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
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Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jim Ryan's letter is not just surreal and troubling; it provides a series of deeply sobering lessons—about the perils facing public universities today; about what it means to "work with" this Department of Justice; & about what leadership does (and doesn't) entail at this especially fraught moment.
Reminder that college students are *adults* who can handle complex information!
"The Texas A&M Board of Regents is caving to political pressure in this crucial moment and damning our future in the process." -Zeph Capo @texasaft.org
Read more: www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
"The Texas A&M Board of Regents is caving to political pressure in this crucial moment and damning our future in the process." -Zeph Capo @texasaft.org
Read more: www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
Texas AAUP-AFT Calls on the Texas A&M University System Not to Muzzle Faculty, Students in the Classroom
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Reminder that college students are *adults* who can handle complex information!
"The Texas A&M Board of Regents is caving to political pressure in this crucial moment and damning our future in the process." -Zeph Capo @texasaft.org
Read more: www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
"The Texas A&M Board of Regents is caving to political pressure in this crucial moment and damning our future in the process." -Zeph Capo @texasaft.org
Read more: www.texasaft.org/membership/h...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Illinois students and faculty are working together to build the movement for fair funding. 💪
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Illinois college students, unionized faculty to deliver message to IBHE
DeKALB – Students and faculty members across Illinois worked together to deliver thousands of signed postcards demanding the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) support fair funding legislation ...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Illinois students and faculty are working together to build the movement for fair funding. 💪
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Urging action to defend #AcademicFreedom, healthcare, #HigherEd & CT’s economy; long before the #CTGeneralAssembly convened for a special session our #UCHCAAUP leaders sounded the #CodeREDCT alarm: aftct.org/2025/10/17/r... @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Urging action to defend #AcademicFreedom, healthcare, #HigherEd & CT’s economy; long before the #CTGeneralAssembly convened for a special session our #UCHCAAUP leaders sounded the #CodeREDCT alarm: aftct.org/2025/10/17/r... @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org
"What would go to our universities is still pennies compared to what Illinois gave one Microsoft data center over $38 million in tax exemptions for just 20 permanent jobs and then gave Amazon $741 million in tax breaks for warehouses paying poverty wages." www.sj-r.com/story/opinio...
I saw those laid-off faces as a kid. Now I'm seeing them again at our universities | Opinion
Elected officials need to choose to invest more in higher education than corporations, writer says.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"What would go to our universities is still pennies compared to what Illinois gave one Microsoft data center over $38 million in tax exemptions for just 20 permanent jobs and then gave Amazon $741 million in tax breaks for warehouses paying poverty wages." www.sj-r.com/story/opinio...
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PHILADELPHIA - The APSCUF contingent assembles to stand up for higher education. Learn more at www.apscuf.org/nov7rally.
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
PHILADELPHIA - The APSCUF contingent assembles to stand up for higher education. Learn more at www.apscuf.org/nov7rally.
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Today, we came together as students and workers to talk about our vision for higher ed and what it will take to win it! You can sign onto the Oregon Compact for Higher Ed + learn more about our goals and plan to win (both workers and students!) at strengthenuo.org #StudentsRiseUp #WorkersRiseUp
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today, we came together as students and workers to talk about our vision for higher ed and what it will take to win it! You can sign onto the Oregon Compact for Higher Ed + learn more about our goals and plan to win (both workers and students!) at strengthenuo.org #StudentsRiseUp #WorkersRiseUp