Our Resources

A selection of video conversations with our higher ed staff, affiliates and partners.

Right now, more than $1 trillion in educational debt is being carried by over 37 million Americans. The promise of higher education, which has historically been a vehicle for social mobility and today is considered for a decent job, is becoming out of reach. The problem of massive education debt cannot be solved without confronting the other challenges that beset our system of higher education. At the forefront of these problems, as detailed in this report, is the massive and ongoing disinvestment from public higher education

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.