Last week faculty leaders from across the country gathered at the National Press Club in Washington DC, on the 57th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, to announce the historic launch of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE).
During a news conference and forum via live webcast, members of the campaign spoke about building a campaign to promote broad access to public higher education, which is essential to getting our country back on track.
“On our current course, our nation is rapidly going back to a time when quality education was not available to all Americans," said Lillian Taiz, President of the California Faculty Association, one of the many faculty organizations participating in the creation of the new Campaign for the Future of Higher Education.
"Those of us who teach and guide students in public higher education have a duty to speak out about policies and funding decisions that in very short order could return us to a two-tiered educational system.”
View the full remarks from the press conference participants.
In addition to some 50 faculty members and supporters who attended the news conference, many faculty groups across the U.S. held "Watching Parties" to view it via live webcast.
These”Watching Parties” took place in more than a dozen states on about 40 campuses including: California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington State and Wisconsin.
Watch a replay of the news conference and campaign launch.
You can follow the conversation about the campaign in a new blog entry by CFA leader Teri Yamada or on Twitter by following the hashtag #cfhelaunch
View news coverage of the CFHE launch:
