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Higher Education
Our members’ crucial work is now under siege. Devastating funding cuts are halting medical breakthroughs and slashing support for students—all as political retribution from an administration that wants to control knowledge.
AAUP and AFT are standing together to defend our colleges and universities from sustained political and economic attacks and advance a bold, collective vision of higher education.
Defending Higher Education in 2025
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Increasing public funding for higher education will ensure everyone has the opportunity to access affordable, high-quality higher education.
Our colleges and universities must be sites of robust debate, free expression, and the contest of ideas while ensuring a safe environment for all members of the campus community.
Improving job security, pay, and professional respect for all faculty and staff, with the goal of ending contingency of employment, will strengthen our campuses and communities.
The AFT is committed to combating the most recent extremist attacks that seek to reverse decades of progress.
