Texas AAUP-AFT

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AAUP champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes all faculty to promote economic security and quality education. Texas AAUP-AFT is Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 8041A.

The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)  is to advance academic freedom and shared governance; to define  fundamental professional values and standards for higher education; to  promote the economic security of faculty, academic professionals,  graduate students, post‐doctoral fellows, and all those engaged in  teaching and research in higher education; to help the higher education  community organize to make our goals a reality; and to ensure higher  education’s contribution to the common good.  

Texas AAUP-AFT Organizers:

Alvaro Chavez
Texas-AFT Lead Organizer
P: (626) 272-0130
chaveza@texasaft.org

Amanda Garcia
Texas-AFT Organizer
P: (956) 369-5201
agarcia@texasaft.org

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Federal Reshuffle of the U.S. Department of Education: What Happens When Core Functions Are Scattered

Publish Date: December 5, 2025

When the U.S. Department of Education (ED) quietly signed six interagency agreements on Nov 18, transferring major functions to agencies including the Department of Labor (DOL), the Department of the Interior (DOI), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of State (State), the move didn’t come with a congressional vote. Nor did it come with a stakeholder comment period, public hearings, or...

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