Advocates for Higher Education

We provide employees of our colleges and universities a vehicle for mutual aid, and we advocate for all of those who work in higher education, and for the students we serve.

Our Chapters

Information & Support

We have curated the most frequently asked questions, concerns, and helpful resources our members need and have categorized them by statewide local chapters.

Idaho Federation of Teachers v. Labrador

The Idaho Federation of Teachers is joining with the University of Idaho Teachers Federation and six faculty members in a suit challenging Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA), a law that makes it a crime to use public funds to promote or counsel in favor of abortion. This law censors teaching, discussion, and […]

University of Idaho presents plan to buy University of Phoenix

The University of Idaho has proposed the purchase of the University of Phoenix. Read the Idaho Education News’s coverage here: https://www.idahoednews.org/top-news/president-green-u-of-phoenix-purchase-is-vital-to-u-of-is-long-term-viability/

AAUP Affiliates with AFT

AFT Press Release, June 18, 2022 — Delegates to the biennial meeting of the American Association of University Professors voted today to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers, joining forces to build a more powerful and inclusive academic labor movement that will be better able to take on the challenges facing higher education as […]