AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Explore the AFT’s higher education immigration resources. www.aft.org/our-communit... 010
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Stand with Cook County College Teachers Union and CCCLOC in calling for a fair contract. Please support the people who serve the students and the City Colleges the City of Chicago. actionnetwork.org/letters/sett...actionnetwork.orgSettle a Fair Contract NowFaculty and professional staff are the foundation of City Colleges of Chicago, yet City Colleges leadership is not showing them the respect they deserve at the bargaining table. Continued delays and l... 000
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education Pillar IV: Respecting and Empowering Faculty, Staff and Student Workers @aft.org @aaup.org 187
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education Pillar III: Strengthening Our Communities @aft.org @aaup.org 040
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education: Pillar II- Affordability, Accessibility and Completion 021
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 18/09/2026NEW: The AFT is joining a civil rights coalition to file a federal lawsuit, challenging the Trump administration's threatened use of ICE and federal law enforcement at polling locations 👇aft.orgCivil rights coalition files federal lawsuit challenging threatened use of ICE and federal law enforcement at polling locationsWASHINGTON— Nine organizations representing immigrants, communities of color, and workers — the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Mi Familia en Accion, 12111
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 17/09/2026GET TRAINED. GET READY. GET IN THE FIGHT. @aft.org 022
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 14/09/2026BECOME A DEMOCRACY DEFENDER! actionnetwork.org/forms/democr... 011
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education: Pillar I: Students’ Right to Learn. Students have a fundamental right to learn in environments that are open, inclusive and free from political interference. @aft.org 054
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Remembering 9/11 May their memories-those that died that day, those who died trying to save them and those who died in the aftermath because of working on the pile, or in the war that followed-be a blessing Grateful for all the helpers that day 58018
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 10/09/2026You can view the resources here: www.aft.org/featured-res.... @aft.org 034
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 19/08/2026Where we spend our money reflects what we stand for. This back-to-school season, let’s put our dollars behind local businesses that support workers, families and their communities—not Target. www.shopsmart.aft.org 12110
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT TEACH @aftteach.bsky.social · 20/08/2026CTE is opening doors for students. 🙌 At RioTECH, students earn industry certifications, gain college credit, and apply math through real-world projects that prepare them for today's workforce. See how hands-on learning is making a difference! @aft.org @sharemylesson.bsky.social sharemylesson.comRioTECH Is Making Waves in Getting Students Ready for the WorkforceExplore how career and technical education at RioTECH helps students earn industry certifications, gain workforce skills and prepare for college and high-demand careers. 023
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationShare My Lesson @sharemylesson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026📚 How can educators help students understand democracy & strengthen it? Join @rweingarten.bsky.social & author @skyeperryman.bsky.social for a conversation on civic learning, critical thinking, & public service. 🏫 sharemylesson.com/webinars/aft-book… @aft.org 044
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 21/08/2026New Common App data show a 10% decline in the number of international student applications for this fall, but keep in mind that enrollment may not quite track applications. Still, another warning sign for higher ed.insidehighered.comApplications From International Students Down 10%Data from Common App shows increases from low-income student applicants, Black applicants and applicants from small towns. 199
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 21/08/2026Faculty deserve an administration that bargains seriously, respects their union, and invests in the people who make Ohio University work. Share to show your support for United Academics of Ohio University as they fight for a stronger OU for all! 04518
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 20/08/2026@aaup.org and AFT Higher Ed oppose Trump’s Compact 2.0! 1165
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAcademe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2026/08/19/2...academeblog.org2026 Faculty in the South SurveyBY MATTHEW BOEDY Please share widely. Faculty in the South Colleague: That’s you in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,… 0168
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Go to AFT Votes to sign up and help elect candidates who share our commitment to making college debt-free and ensuring that intellectual freedom and freedom of speech are fully protected for faculty, staff, and students. www.aftvotes.orgaftvotes.orgAFT Democracy Defenders | AFT Stateweb 020
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 20/08/2026Read more about how the AFT & @aaup.org are fighting to strengthen & transform higher education here. #HigherEdBenefitsEveryoneaft.orgA Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher EducationAcross this country, families are struggling to pay the bills, put food on the table and keep up with rising tuition and stagnant wages, while fearing that a college education now means a lifetime of ... 095
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 20/08/2026"Higher education is not a luxury...It expands opportunity. It advances scientific discovery. It educates the people who build our economy. It prepares citizens to govern themselves. And it creates knowledge that no market can produce on its own." - @proftwolf.bsky.social @aaup.orginsidehighered.comWho Really Politicized Higher Education? (opinion)It wasn’t the AAUP. 15429
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 19/08/2026No student should have to take on crushing debt to achieve their degree. Join @emergencycampaign.bsky.social and AFT Higher Ed members to Raise Hell for Pell on 9/1! Take action and use your voice to protect Pell Grants! emergency-campaign-to-support-higher-education.solidarity.tech/september-vi...emergency-campaign-to-support-higher-education.solidarity.techSeptember Virtual Town Hall - Emergency Campaign to Support Higher Education 123
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 19/08/2026No student should have to take on crushing debt to achieve their degree. Join @emergencycampaign.bsky.social and AFT Higher Ed members to Raise Hell for Pell on 9/1! Take action and use your voice to protect Pell Grants! emergency-campaign-to-support-higher-education.solidarity.tech/september-vi...emergency-campaign-to-support-higher-education.solidarity.techSeptember Virtual Town Hall - Emergency Campaign to Support Higher Education 123
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 19/08/2026AFT and AAUP have developed a national policy response to empower academic workers, ensure students’ right to learn, and strengthen our communities. Join us in this fight! Read our Blueprint for more info: www.aft.org/sites/defaul...aft.org 021
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationMatthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...forms.gle2026 AAUP Faculty in the South SurveyThe Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as... 36886
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We just launched our Shop Smart, Not Target campaign to urge our members and their families to spend our money reflects what we stand for. This back-to-school season, let’s put our dollars behind local businesses that support workers, families and their communities. www.aft.org/press-releas... 10321144
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 19/08/2026NEW: As teachers and families head back to school, AFT is urging people to shop at retailers other than Target for school supplies. Target refused to condemn unlawful ICE activity and failed to respond to good faith outreach efforts. Find local stores that respect labor rights at ShopSmart.AFT.org.aft.orgAFT Launches ‘Shop Smart, Not Target’ Campaign for Back-to-SchoolWASHINGTON—As teachers and families head back to school, the AFT has launched a nationwide campaign to urge them to shop at retailers other than Target for their school supplies. The "Shop Smart, Supp... 28457
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 19/08/2026AFT-Wisconsin President and UWGB faculty member Jon Shelton is right. When academic workers are disempowered and denied basic workplace democracy, they can and will build power through politics. Elections matter! On Wisconsin! @aft.org www.jsonline.com/story/opinio...jsonline.comAlong with new UW president, we need a new Board of Regents | OpinionThe record of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees to the UW Board of Regents underscores just how much our system needs to be reformed to be accountable. 011
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 18/08/2026By supporting candidates who will fight for making college more affordable, rebuilding public investment and defending academic freedom, we can ensure that higher ed truly serves the public. Read more on what @aaup.org President Wolfson has to say: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Professors didn’t make a mistake by backing El-SayedThe American Association of University Professors' endorsement, back to school advice and more. 000
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Secretary McMahon claims that she wants to bring down the cost of a college. But by deprofessionalizing degrees, she is dismantling pathways to a better life and making college MORE expensive . @nationalnurses.bsky.social @afscme.bsky.social @aflcio.org spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/ed...spectrumlocalnews.comUnions sue Education Department over RISE ruleOn July 1, federal student loan limits were capped for nursing, teaching and other degrees 67017
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 12/08/2026AFT is challenging Dept of Ed's RISE rule—which sets limits on loans students can borrow for grad school in critical & understaffed professions. @rweingarten.bsky.social: “By ‘de-professionalizing’ [these] careers, the Trump admin is eviscerating education access for poor & working-class students.”aft.org‘We Are Professionals’: Coalition of Unions Sue to Block New Student Loan Rule that Will Hurt Patient Care and Worsen Staffing CrisesWASHINGTON—A coalition of unions representing hundreds of thousands of public service and healthcare workers filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Department of Education’s new Reimagining and Imp... 0124
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT New Jersey @aftnewjersey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026IN SOLIDARITY: @aft.org Executive VP Evelyn DeJesus and AFTNJ President Jennifer S. Higgins speak to Union of Rutgers Administrators members and their supporters during a contract negotiations rally Aug. 12 at the Rutgers Labor Education Center in New Brunswick. 022
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT Connecticut @aftct.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Improving "lives of patients, students, neighbors & families;" #union activists secured state resources to shore up research at CT’s flagship public university & medical academic center: aftct.org/2026/07/08/d... #DefendHigherEd @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @afthealthcare.bsky.social @aaup.org 034
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 13/08/2026AFT Higher Ed and K-12 members came together in New Brunswick, NJ to prepare for protecting our students, coworkers and communities facing increased immigration enforcement. Our unions and our members play a crucial role in keeping our students and our campuses safe and welcoming to all! 062
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT Maryland @aftmaryland.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Way to go, Maryland Community Colleges! We are so proud of our members at United Academics of Maryland Community Colleges, Montgomery College, and all of our higher ed workers in the state! @aft.org @afthighered.bsky.social @uamdcc.bsky.social mocoshow.com/2026/08/11/m...mocoshow.comMaryland Ranked No. 1 in the Country for Community College System - The MoCo ShowMaryland has the best community college system in the country, according to a new nationwide study released by personal finance company WalletHub. WalletHub released its 2026 Best & Worst Community […... 031
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 12/08/2026Every eligible voter should be able to cast a ballot & have it counted. But across the US, voters are facing confusion, intimidation, disinformation, registration problems & other attacks on their freedom to vote. Join our Democracy Defenders program here: aftvotes.org/democracy-de... #AFTvotes 1127
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We're suing to stop the admin. from de-professionalizing nursing, architecture, social work, teaching and other careers. Trump's tax bill for the rich eviscerated education access for poor and working-class students who deserve the opportunity to pursue their dreams, too. www.aft.org/press-releas...aft.org‘We Are Professionals’: Coalition of Unions Sue to Block New Student Loan Rule that Will Hurt Patient Care and Worsen Staffing CrisesWASHINGTON—A coalition of unions representing hundreds of thousands of public service and healthcare workers filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Department of Education’s new Reimagining and Imp... 05928
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The National Science Foundation is prematurely moving forward with the proposed OMB rule changes. NSF’s new guidance will undermine research in higher ed and overhaul the grant-funding process in the U.S. Read our explainer on the changes below to take action! www.aft.org/sites/defaul...aft.org 112
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 10/08/2026Your activism lead to a big win against the OMB Proposal in the Senate. The same fight continues with the NSF Proposal, which brings many of the same threats. Visit the link to leave your public comment: zurl.co/CwqkV And register for the NSF Rapid Response Workshop: zurl.co/YcDsG 25230
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationDan Vergano @danvergano.bsky.social · 10/08/2026FYI Science Policy News: Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill Blocking OMB Grantmaking Rule www.aip.org/fyi/senate-p... "OMB’s never had a rule that had this volume of comments before,” said one expert.aip.orgSenate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill Blocking OMB Grantmaking RuleThe Senate’s short-term spending bill would temporarily stop OMB from finalizing its grantmaking rule, if the House adopts it. 13019
AFT Higher Education @afthighered.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Our letters and voices are working! www.politico.com/news/2026/08...politico.comSenate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaulLanguage is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval. 100
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationTexas Conference of the AAUP @texasaaup.bsky.social · 04/08/2026“The American Association of University Professors is joined in the Texas A&M lawsuit by four faculty plaintiffs, each of whom says the policy prompted their course to be canceled or not offered.” www.chronicle.com/article/what...chronicle.com‘What Are We Even Doing Here?': New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&MPlaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered. 214770
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...aaup.orgNew Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t OverThe Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their... 27238
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026“By embarking on a campaign of censorship, Texas A&M has abdicated its responsibility to support students’ right to learn & faculty’s right to teach. A university that censors Plato & other texts abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, & the public trust.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP president 5aaup.orgAAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher LearningCensoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge... 06222
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 04/08/2026While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress. They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it. 🧵 219382
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAAUP @aaup.org · 04/08/2026BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1 7712227
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 04/08/2026Share your student loan bills story ▶️ onebigbill.orgonebigbill.orgOne Big Bill - Protect BorrowersBeginning in July 2026, millions of Americans with student debt will see their monthly student loan bills spike as a result of President Trump’s “One Big 055
Reposted by AFT Higher EducationAFT @aft.org · 04/08/2026The Trump admin has thrown student loan borrowers into chaos, confusion and costly new repayment plans. Read school counselor Jessica Newell’s story of how she’s paying hundreds of dollars more a month in student loan bills, and share your own story to show lawmakers the impact of rising costs.aft.orgWhat is your skyrocketing student loan story?The One Big Bill campaign is an effort supported by the AFT and several other organizations to document the stories of millions of Americans struggling with skyrocketing student loan debt and other ha... 11614