AFT Higher Education

08/21/2026

For our last activist hub spotlight, we have Brianne Kramer and Sydney O’Shay from Southern Utah University! They used their Activist Hub to share their organizing tactics in Utah for higher education. Their work and partnerships spanned into their campus and student organizations, which resulted in legislative wins! Their story shows what it looks like to fight and win!

08/21/2026

Faculty 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 - UAOU as they fight for a stronger OU for all!

08/20/2026

American Association of University Professors and AFT Higher Ed oppose Trump’s Compact 2.0!

08/20/2026

Go 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.

https://www.aftvotes.org/

It wasn’t the AAUP.

08/20/2026

Read our Blueprint for more info on maintaining accessibility and academic freedom in higher ed!
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2026/Higher_Ed_Vision_and_Policy_Platform_326.pdf

It wasn’t the AAUP.

08/20/2026

It wasn’t the AAUP.

08/20/2026

No student should have to take on crushing debt to achieve their degree. Join Emergency Campaign to Support Higher Education and AFT Higher Ed members to Raise Hell for Pell on 9/1! Take action and use your voice to protect Pell Grants!
https://emergency-campaign-to-support-higher-education.solidarity.tech/september-virtual-town-hall?r=AqvGhEw9

08/19/2026

WASHINGTON—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, Support Working Families" campaign was created in response to Target’s refusal to condemn the unlawf...

08/19/2026

AFT 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:
https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/2026/Higher_Ed_Vision_and_Policy_Platform_326.pdf

The 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.