The Pell Grant is how America goes to college. This administration wants to gut Pell. Why? Because they want weak students, weak workers, weak colleges, and a weak country.

On Juneteenth, we remember that freedom didn't just happen when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston. It was — and continues to be — something we must fight for and hold together.

📢 The Department of Education is shifting key special education and civil rights responsibilities to other agencies. AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social responded, calling the move “a dagger to the heart” of the department’s mission to protect the most vulnerable. Read her statement ⤵️

AFT’s Weingarten on Education Department’s Move of Special Ed and Civil Rights Offices to Other Agencies

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after the federal Department of Education announced it was moving two of its most crucial functions to the Department of Health...

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They want you to think colleges are the enemy. So they're using real grievances — rising tuition, free speech, academic freedom — as cover to tear the whole system down. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/14/o...

Yes, colleges need more speech protections and intellectual diversity. But the government shouldn’t be forcing their hand. - The Boston Globe

A new proposal from the Trump administration would require universities to have intellectual diversity policies. That’s overstepping the government’s role.

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College should not be exclusive to the 1%. It shouldn't burden working class families with life-long debt. And it shouldn't force working class families to delay starting their lives. Sign out petition to join the fight for affordable college.

Protect Academic Freedom in Higher Education

We represent students, parents, higher education faculty and staff, and concerned citizens united in opposition to the dangerous proposed rules. We write at a grave moment in our country’s history, ...

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College should not be exclusive to the 1%. It shouldn't burden working class families with life-long debt. And it shouldn't force working class families to delay starting their lives. Sign out petition to join the fight for affordable college.

Protect Academic Freedom in Higher Education

We represent students, parents, higher education faculty and staff, and concerned citizens united in opposition to the dangerous proposed rules. We write at a grave moment in our country’s history, ...

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Trump claims to fight for working class America, but is making it impossible for these families to attend college. Education should be accessible to everyone, not just the 1%. This is obvious to all of us workers and students, but clearly not to Trump and his cronies.

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Ethan Rome National Director @emergencycampaign.bsky.social joined us on Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon to call out Trump's attacks on student loans for college and university students. Watch it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyS3... @lesliemarshallshow.bsky.social @masspolprofmo.bsky.social

“What happens in Texas does not stay in Texas. The policies being implemented there are increasingly being proposed and replicated elsewhere.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

AAUP Investigating Academic Freedom, Shared Governance in Texas

An American Association of University Professors committee is investigating academic freedom and shared governance violations across Texas, where public university leaders have restricted what faculty...

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Since 1980, the cost of college has risen 169%, while wages have lagged behind — only growing 80%. College was meant to offer social and economic mobility, especially for working class and historically disenfranchised communities. Join our fight for affordable college: bit.ly/hands-off-petition

Protect Academic Freedom in Higher Education

We represent students, parents, higher education faculty and staff, and concerned citizens united in opposition to the dangerous proposed rules. We write at a grave moment in our country’s history, ...

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Kenneth Vogel @nytimes.com joins me Monday at 3PM ET on Deadline D.C. to examine the Trump pardon industry. Ethan Rome @emergencycampaign.bsky.social reviews Trump's attacks on colleges and universities. Watch the preview at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yu0... @lesliemarshallshow.bsky.social

Preview of 6/8/26 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon'

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The Trump administration and its allies are rewriting the rules of higher education so that families can't afford the price of college. They want low-wage workers, indoctrinated students, and no path to a better life. Sign our petition to fight back: bit.ly/hands-off-petition

.@nytimes.com' @kenvogel.bsky.social joins me Monday at 3PM ET to examine the intersection of power & money in the #Trump Administration. Then, Ethan Rome, National Director of @emergencycampaign.bsky.social details Trump's effort to destroy diversity in colleges & universities. youtu.be/5yu0rkq73Kw

Preview of 6/8/26 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon'

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The AAUP is battling Trump’s attacks on higher education on multiple fronts: on campus, in the courts, and in the streets. “We’re only getting stronger. I can promise you that we will fight them tooth and nail.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President Join us.

Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they're rewriting the rules for all of academia

President Donald Trump's administration put dozens of college campuses under investigation last year and cut federal funding unless they came in line with his Republican agenda.

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*taps mic 🎤👈* Is this thing on? Hello! We are the Emergency Campaign to Support Higher Education, a grassroots movement of students, educators, workers, and communities organizing to make college affordable and accessible for all. Join us and sign our petition linked in our bio.