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Defending Higher Education in 2025
As higher education navigates the Trump administration, we’ve compiled resources to assist our members.
Saving Lives, Building Futures, Powering the Economy:
Attacks on Funding and Research:
- Talking Points: Higher Ed Research Saves Lives
- AFTvotes: 2025 Assaults on Higher Education—and What You Can Do
- 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:
- Returning to Campus for International Faculty
- 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.
- AFT resource page on immigration
Freedom of Expression:
Antisemitism:
- To Fight Antisemitism and Preserve Democracy, Educators and the Jewish Community Must Partner Closely
- 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