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The AFT’s Real Solutions for Higher Education is a multiyear campaign that aims to make higher education truly affordable, creates opportunity for our students and strengthens our communities. As extremists attempt to undermine higher education by defunding our public institutions and eroding the freedom to teach and learn, we are championing real solutions to ensure that our two- and four-year colleges and universities are accessible and affordable for all students, fair employers for the faculty and staff who work on our campuses, and beacons of academic freedom, free speech and knowledge creation.

We are advancing Real Solutions for Higher Education by: 

Everyone should have the opportunity to access affordable, high-quality higher education.

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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.

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Job security, fair pay and professional respect for all faculty and staff, with the goal of ending contingency of employment, will strengthen our campuses and communities.

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Call to Action

Join our movement to defend our democracy and secure our nation’s future economic and social prosperity by fighting for what our faculty and staff, students, and communities need to thrive.

Click here to sign the Real Solutions for Higher Education Call to Action.