Democratizing Education Charter

Adopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin:

1. Full Public Funding for Public Higher Education
2. Free Access to Higher Education and Abolition of Tuition
3. Affirmative Action to End Institutionalized Racism and Sexism
4. Full Recognition of the Right of Students and Workers to Organize
5. Democratic Self-Government of Higher Education
6. Service to the Public Welfare, Not Corporate Profits
7. Free Speech and Academic Freedom
8. Debt Forgiveness of Student Loans
9. Civic Education for a Democratic Society
10. Education, not war. Schools, Not Jails