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HAPPENING NOW: The AFT and @aaup.org are in Texas launching our new Nnational Higher Education platform ahead of the 2026 midterms. Read more in the release here, and follow along in the thread below. @afthighered.bsky.social

@ginafortexas.bsky.social: Our colleges & universities are our best hope for our young people to provide economic opportunities & shape participating citizens in our state. And yet, Governor Abbott is hijacking our colleges to play out culture wars. @afthighered.bsky.social @aaup.org

Todd Wolfson, @aaup.org: Let's be clear about what higher education does. It generates groundbreaking research, creates billions in economic output, anchors communities as employers, trains the next generation of workers & creates opportunities for a better life. @afthighered.bsky.social

The new platform from AFT & @aaup.org is focused on: 🎓Restored funding 🎓Freedom to learn 🎓Shared governance: Ensuring faculty and staff—not corporate administrators—make final decisions on curriculum, research priorities and institutional priorities. 🎓Labor reform

Dr. Leonard Bright, Texas A&M AAUP: Higher education is not a luxury - it's a public good. Higher ed exists to advance knowledge. But our courses are being scrutinized & altered because of a small group of political actors. @texasaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social

Dr. Bright (cont): My course was cancelled because I refused to confine discussions of race, sexuality, and other topics to one single reading or single day of instruction. This is a real threat. We can't leave our students underprepared. @texasaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social

TX Rep. Donna Howard: Up until recently, lawmakers have made a bipartisan effort to strengthen higher education in Texas. But this last session was a Republican-led erosion of confidence in higher education. Critical thinking has been reframed as "indoctrination." @aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social