AFT Higher Education
@afthighered.bsky.social
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.
Learn more: aft.org/higeredbenefitseveryone
Learn more: aft.org/higeredbenefitseveryone
Attacks on Higher Ed are Attacks on ALL of Us.
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🎉HIGHER EDUCATION: Saving Lives. Building Futures. Powering the Economy.
These 'supporters of free speech' sure hate hearing what people think about them and they make everyone's education poorer bc of it. (We could spend all day just pointing out maga hypocrisy but this one really grates.) www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
College students less comfortable expressing beliefs after Kirk death
Experts expressed both concern and encouragement at the findings of the survey, which was conducted in the weeks after Kirk's assassination.
www.usatoday.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
These 'supporters of free speech' sure hate hearing what people think about them and they make everyone's education poorer bc of it. (We could spend all day just pointing out maga hypocrisy but this one really grates.) www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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When ideologues capture university board seats, the learning environment suffers. @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How University Governing Boards Can Protect the Independence of Colleges and Universities
Shifting toward merit-based selection of public university board members can better protect academic freedom than politically appointed boards, which have increasingly exerted influence over state col...
www.americanprogress.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
When ideologues capture university board seats, the learning environment suffers. @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
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Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
George Mason faculty urge leaders to reject Trump deals risking ‘institutional autonomy’
A Wednesday resolution from the faculty senate argued that the university's board and president should not put it under "continuing federal supervision.”
www.highereddive.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
www.highereddive.com/news/george-...
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Thankful to my fellow Senators who took a stand to pass this important resolution co-authored by @aaupmason.bsky.social
Stressed by breaking news on SAVE plan? Not even sure what the SAVE plan is? Join us this evening.
Are you prepared for the changes coming to student loans in 2026? Join our student debt clinic tonight at 7PM EST to learn what you should do to update your account and submit your debt relief application, if applicable.
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www.aft.org/student-debt...
Register here ⤵️
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Student Debt Clinics
For a Better Life, for Equity and Civil Rights, for Freedom and for a Voice at Work and in Our Democracy The rising cost of higher education has led more than 45 million people in the United States to...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Stressed by breaking news on SAVE plan? Not even sure what the SAVE plan is? Join us this evening.
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University provost: Dreamers are our future doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers, business owners, and tech and health leaders. Dream Act legislation means tens of thousands more students will be able to achieve the promise of their potential.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
University provost: Dreamers are our future doctors, nurses, teachers, social workers, business owners, and tech and health leaders. Dream Act legislation means tens of thousands more students will be able to achieve the promise of their potential.
Meet one of our members forced to go without health insurance next year because of skyrocketing ACA premiums. Tom Moomjy is a teacher, a musician, and a caretaker. We all do better when people like Tom have affordable healthcare. aftvoices.org/one-emergenc...
One emergency away from ruin
By Thomas Moomjy
aftvoices.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Meet one of our members forced to go without health insurance next year because of skyrocketing ACA premiums. Tom Moomjy is a teacher, a musician, and a caretaker. We all do better when people like Tom have affordable healthcare. aftvoices.org/one-emergenc...
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Democrats are comfortable fighting Trump, but to change the country we need to do more than critique; Americans want solutions & there’s lots of room to work on economic pathways to success and creating opportunity for all. Thanks @DashaBurns for the conversation. www.politico.com/video/2025/1...
Economy & Education: U.S. trade rep. Greer and teacher's union head Weingarten | The Conversation
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Democrats are comfortable fighting Trump, but to change the country we need to do more than critique; Americans want solutions & there’s lots of room to work on economic pathways to success and creating opportunity for all. Thanks @DashaBurns for the conversation. www.politico.com/video/2025/1...
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Thank you to @ericrader.bsky.social, co-chair of @afthighered.bsky.social’s Program and Policy Council, for speaking with @eduinternational.bsky.social about how collective bargaining and shared governance are essential to using AI responsibly and ethically. www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3175...
Education Voices | Using collective bargaining to regulate the use of technology and artificial intelligence in higher education
This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Mel...
www.ei-ie.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thank you to @ericrader.bsky.social, co-chair of @afthighered.bsky.social’s Program and Policy Council, for speaking with @eduinternational.bsky.social about how collective bargaining and shared governance are essential to using AI responsibly and ethically. www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3175...
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After AAUP UConn faculty members and students were were dispersed in a Sept 10 rally, they came back to defend academic freedom stronger than ever...in inflatable costumes!
Nothing will stop higher ed workers from exercising their rights—while having fun, too!
@uconnaaup.bsky.social
Nothing will stop higher ed workers from exercising their rights—while having fun, too!
@uconnaaup.bsky.social
Activists wear inflatable costumes to protest UConn’s handling of academic freedom
Activists wear inflatable costumes to protest UConn’s handling of academic freedom.
dailycampus.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
After AAUP UConn faculty members and students were were dispersed in a Sept 10 rally, they came back to defend academic freedom stronger than ever...in inflatable costumes!
Nothing will stop higher ed workers from exercising their rights—while having fun, too!
@uconnaaup.bsky.social
Nothing will stop higher ed workers from exercising their rights—while having fun, too!
@uconnaaup.bsky.social
Our first student debt report was called "On the Backs of Students and Families" for a reason - state and federal support for higher ed isn't keeping up. See the latest numbers by institution www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
How Public-College Funding Has Changed Over Time
State and federal support has declined as a share of overall revenue — putting a greater burden on students. See the trends at more than 1,500 institutions between 2002 and 2023.
www.chronicle.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Our first student debt report was called "On the Backs of Students and Families" for a reason - state and federal support for higher ed isn't keeping up. See the latest numbers by institution www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
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"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."
A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
How Trump 2.0 upended education research and statistics in one year
Decades of carefully built infrastructure aimed at improving and tracking how American children learn vanished in an ideological attack
hechingerreport.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."
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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.
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.
www.wsj.com
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.
nbcnews.to
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...
jamanetwork.com
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...