WE BELIEVE:
We believe the benefits of higher education to democracy and the public good are threatened by neoliberal privatization, systems of inequality, attacks on free speech and shared governance, crushing student debt, and deteriorated working conditions for faculty and staff.
WE ADVOCATE:
- Advancing higher education as a necessary and valuable democratic public good
- Expanding and redesigning public funding to facilitate free student access and fair and equitable labor conditions in higher education.
- Ending the privatization and draining of revenue in higher education by finance and consulting firms
- Protecting freedom of speech
- Building norms of shared, democratic governance in higher education
- Pursuing racial, gender, and economic justice in and through higher education, including admissions, personnel, curriculum, and engagement with diverse communities
WE TAKE ACTION TO:
- Articulate a vision for higher education as a democratic public good
- Study and analyze institutional problems and policy solutions in higher education
- Share knowledge and collaborate with others to offer solutions to the crisis of academia in line with our vision
- Organize for a more equitable future for higher education focused on teaching, learning, and research through forums and webinars, bridge-building among allied organizations, and policy education
- Advocate inside professional and scholarly organizations, on our campuses, and in our unions for the vision of a democratic higher education for the common good