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The PSC has launched an aggressive campaign of lobbying and ads to push for a CUNY budget that reverses decades of under-funding. Click here for details.

AFT UPDATES
American Federation of Teachers

At its July 2006 convention in Boston, the AFT announced the launch of a state and national legislative campaign to address the exploitation of part-time and adjunct labor in colleges and universities. More.

Click here for AFT Resolution on "Addressing the Academic Staffing Crisis"

At its July, 2006 convention, the AFT intensified it defense of academic freedom and opposition to ABOR, the so-called "Academic Bill of Rights" (ABOR) legislation that uses the language of academic freedom to advocate for outside political monitoring of academic and classroom discourse.

Click here for resolution on academic freedom.

Click here for AFT ABOR updates.

AAUP UPDATES
American Association of University Professors

Like the AFT, the AAUP has vigorously opposed ABOR. It has comprehensive updates which you can read by clicking here.

For AAUP's "Washington Update" on executive and legislative branch initiatives on higher education (and relevant judicial decisions), click here .