AFT Higher Ed
@AFTHigherEd
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Representing 400,000 faculty, staff and graduate employees in higher education.
Joined March 2010
🧵Today we're excited to launch the AFT’s Real Solutions for Higher Education! This multiyear campaign aims to make #highered truly affordable, creates opportunity for our students and strengthens our communities. 1/5 🗞️: #RealSolutionsforHigherEd
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RT @luckytran: I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and…
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RT @PattyMurray: Trump's proposal is ILLEGAL & amounts to an indiscriminate funding cut for research centers of all sizes, NOT just Ivies.…
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Impossible to understate how harmful this will be to lifesaving research that saves Americans' lives. Our institutions of higher ed, which are foundational to America's democracy, will experience significant harm & struggle to serve our students, our communities & our country.
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TOMORROW! AFT President @rweingarten will address international higher ed leaders on academic freedom and democracy. Watch live on Sat, Feb 8 at 11a.m. ~Mountain Time~. Zoom link: @AFTunion @CAUT_ACPPU @aaup
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The antidote to despair is action. LIFT UP YOUR VOICE: Stop Elon Musk from stealing Americans' tax and other private data. We've made it easy for you to write Congress and the Trump administration. Take a few minutes and do it now. @AFTunion
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“The elimination of DEI programs and initiatives at public academic institutions are a threat to the democratic purposes of higher education as a public good,” said @AAUP's @ProfTWolf. More on AAUP's fight back against the DEI EOs:
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RT @rweingarten: DOGE must be ordered to come out of the shadows and comply with the law before the sweeping, self-serving plans of billion…
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The Trump administration continues to sow fear. Learn more about your rights and other resources on our Defending Higher Ed in 2025 page here:
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RT @profe_c: @AFTunion @NILC @CTULocal1 @thedream_us @UWDAction @CLASP_DC @AFTEVPDeJesus & if you missed the Town Hall you can watch it on…
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RT @profe_c: @AFTunion @NILC @CTULocal1 @thedream_us It’s important to remember that even w/ the changes in immigration policy students, pa…
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Congrats to the newly re-established AAUP chapter at Yale đź’Ş
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Americans didn't vote for cuts to life-saving research. Take a moment to tell your Congressperson to stand up and fight for the Americans who are being hurt by these actions: @AFTunion
.@NSF and @NIH Grant Reviews Still On Hold After White House Rescinds Memo Trump reversed an order requiring federal agencies to freeze grants and loans, but programs at odds with his executive orders remain at risk of losing funding.
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RT @profe_c: Join AFT pres., Community & AFT local leaders from MA & Chicago for a #KnowYourRights town hall addressing federal policies al…
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RT @AFTunion: These unlawful actions were unprecedented in their cruelty and recklessness, threatening vital aid and support for America’s…
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RT @famiamioh: Students support FAM! They posted messages in support of librarians and faculty during Monday's "Don't Freeze Us Out" picket…
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RT @AFTunion: Happening TOMORROW at 7 PM EST: Join @rweingarten, @AFTEVPDeJesus, @JessJTang, @StacyDavisGates, Gaby Pacheco, @RoweFinkbeine…
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“Let us elect people who actually enable us to create this great moment of opportunity of knowledge. In the face of uncertainty, knowledge can help create agency,” @rweingarten said.
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“Fed programs need to be more efficient, but no one voted for a president to halt their services—services that were appropriated, authorized and extended by Congress,” said @rweingarten. “Americans need a fed. gov't that works for them, not against them.”
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While we focus on providing real opportunity for students and protecting our campuses, Trump and his administration continue to sow chaos and confusion. 'The Federal Funding Pause Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants' @nytimes
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