AFT Higher Education

"For decades, college growth has been addressed by hiring increased numbers of part-time faculty, most of whom must have one or more other jobs in order to survive and who have little time for college committee work or institutional involvement."

"Academic freedom is vital for the functioning of all higher education institutions. It's not the privilege of a few. If some faculty don't have it, the academic freedom of all of us is diminished."

"What we're seeing, especially at the major prestigious universities, is only upper middle class, upper class students can go to them. They’re privatizing these institutions."

"When it comes to faculty diversity, benign neglect is never benign."

"For decades, college growth has been addressed by hiring increased numbers of part-time faculty, most of whom must have one or more other jobs in order to survive and who have little time for college committee work or institutional involvement."

"Academic freedom is vital for the functioning of all higher education institutions. It's not the privilege of a few. If some faculty don't have it, the academic freedom of all of us is diminished."