Featured Resources

As higher education navigates the Trump administration, we’ve compiled resources to assist our members.

• NIH Indirect Costs: Guidance for Our Affiliates
• Sample FOIA/Info Request Language for NIH Grant Indirect Cost Rate
• Project 2025 and Its Potential Impact on Higher Education
• Accreditation: What to Expect in 2025
• Talking points: Pushing back on anti-DEI efforts and supporting DEI initiatives
• We’re standing together for higher education: Letter from AFT President Randi Weingarten and AAUP President Todd Wolfson
• PEN America: For Federal Censorship of Higher Ed, Here’s What Could Happen in 2025

Timely resources on immigration:

• AFT resource page on immigration
• Standing United to Protect the Rights of Immigrant Students and Their Families: Toolkit
• Know Your Rights: Information for students and families regarding immigration raids
• AFT Members on Visas: FAQ on Rights and Risks in the Second Trump Era
• AFL-CIO’s Immigration Resources page
• ACE Issue Brief: Immigration-Related Campus Concerns
• National Immigrant Justice Center: Know Your Rights: If You Encounter ICE
• National Immigration Law Center: Know Your Rights

AFT affiliates across the country have been using their collective power to encourage state legislators to pass laws that would improve their working conditions and quality of life. While some of the legislative accomplishments are focused on adjunct faculty, other wins tackle improvements in higher education and student debt, which affect the collective prosperity of the entire academic community and broader economy.