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Defending Higher Education in 2025
As higher education navigates the Trump administration, we’ve compiled resources to assist our members.
Attacks on Funding and Research:
- AFTvotes: How Trump’s Education Cuts Will Impact You
- AFT: Department of Education Talking Points Memo
- AFT: Protect-Don’t Wreck- Higher Education in 2025: Legislative and Executive Branch Threats
- NIH Indirect Costs: Guidance for Our Affiliates
- Sample FOIA/Info Request Language for NIH Grant Indirect Cost Rate
- Sample Public Records Act Language for NIH Grant Indirect Cost Rate
Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
- Impact of Education Department Changes on Accessibility in Higher Education for People with Disabilities
- The Consequences of Attacks on Higher Education for HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions
- PEN America: For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025
- Talking points: Pushing back on anti-DEI efforts and supporting DEI initiatives
Immigration:
- Know Your Rights Guide: Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech for Scholars and Students on Visas
- AFT Summer Travel Guide for International Faculty, Staff and Students in the United States
- AFT Immigration Poster: “You Are Welcome Here” for download in English and Spanish.
- Know Your Rights: Protecting our Students and Higher Ed Employees
- AFT Higher Education Immigration Townhall: Navigating Changes in US Immigration Policy and Its Impact on our Campuses and Communities (video)
- AFT resource page on immigration
- Standing United to Protect the Rights of Immigrant Students and Their Families: Toolkit
- Know Your Rights: Information for students and families regarding immigration raids
- AFT Members on Visas: FAQ on Rights and Risks in the Second Trump Era
- AFL-CIO’s Immigration Resources page
- ACE Issue Brief: Immigration-Related Campus Concerns
- National Immigrant Justice Center: Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE
- National Immigration Law Center: Know Your Rights
- Asian Law Caucus: Understanding Trump’s “Terrorism” Order On Travel and Entry Rights
- ACLU: Know Your Rights: Enforcement at the Airport
- Immigration Advocates Network: National Immigration Legal Services Directory
- National Immigration Law Center: How to Find a Loved One After a U.S. Immigration Arrest
- National Immigration Law Center: What to Do if You Are Arrested or Detained by Immigration
Antisemitism:
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs FACT SHEET: Jewish Safety and the Department of Education
- ASI Webinar: Antisemitism, Democracy, and the Assault on Knowledge & Education
- ASI + JCPA Resource: Partnering to Counter Antisemitism and Hate