Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says

[Zincwarrior]

Recent changes including effectively eliminating tenure are motivating Texas university professors to bail. The Wife is flying up next month so we'll get the skinny, but I already advised the Boy to take up opportunities elsewhere. Canada and Europe (especially France) are actively recruiting STEM talent from US universities, and Cali is always a good option.

Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says - The Texas Tribune

Professors’ concerns included the state’s DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.

www.texastribune.org

Many Texas professors are looking for jobs in different states, citing a climate of fear and anxiety on their college campuses due to increased political interference, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors.

The survey interviewed nearly 4,000 faculty across the southern U.S., including more than 1,100 from Texas. About a quarter of the Texas professors said they have applied for higher education jobs in other states in the last two years, and more than 25% said they soon intend to start searching for out-of-state positions. Of those who aren’t thinking of leaving, more than one-fifth said they don’t plan to stay in higher education in the long-term.

“Morale is down,” said one Texas faculty member at a public four-year university in a written response. “Friends have lost contracts for no discernable [sic] reason. We live in fear of using the wrong word. We self-censor. We do not have academic freedom.”

The top reason faculty cited in the survey for wanting to change jobs was the state’s broad political climate. In Texas, faculty have criticized new state laws banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in universities; requiring university governing boards to establish policies on granting and revoking tenure; and limiting faculty’s role in crafting courses and hiring colleagues. Other reasons included salary and academic freedom concerns, the survey found.


“It is certainly a combination of factors of people wanting to leave Texas. But the ability to do your job without attacks from politicians and the ability to participate in your campus voices is always [at] the top of faculty minds,” said Matthew Boedy, the president of Georgia’s AAUP chapter.

Texas had the highest percentage — more than 60% — of respondents who said they wouldn’t encourage graduate students or colleagues to seek employment in their state. The survey reached out to faculty from other southern states, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

 

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[Zincwarrior]

Yes indeed.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

That sure sounds like a win for Texas.

The real professors will stay and those who only indoctrinate will leave.

 

[Hafar1014]

Recent changes including effectively eliminating tenure are motivating Texas university professors to bail. The Wife is flying up next month so we'll get the skinny, but I already advised the Boy to take up opportunities elsewhere. Canada and Europe (especially France) are actively recruiting STEM talent from US universities, and Cali is always a good option.

Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says - The Texas Tribune

Professors’ concerns included the state’s DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.

www.texastribune.org

Many Texas professors are looking for jobs in different states, citing a climate of fear and anxiety on their college campuses due to increased political interference, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors.

The survey interviewed nearly 4,000 faculty across the southern U.S., including more than 1,100 from Texas. About a quarter of the Texas professors said they have applied for higher education jobs in other states in the last two years, and more than 25% said they soon intend to start searching for out-of-state positions. Of those who aren’t thinking of leaving, more than one-fifth said they don’t plan to stay in higher education in the long-term.

“Morale is down,” said one Texas faculty member at a public four-year university in a written response. “Friends have lost contracts for no discernable [sic] reason. We live in fear of using the wrong word. We self-censor. We do not have academic freedom.”

The top reason faculty cited in the survey for wanting to change jobs was the state’s broad political climate. In Texas, faculty have criticized new state laws banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in universities; requiring university governing boards to establish policies on granting and revoking tenure; and limiting faculty’s role in crafting courses and hiring colleagues. Other reasons included salary and academic freedom concerns, the survey found.


“It is certainly a combination of factors of people wanting to leave Texas. But the ability to do your job without attacks from politicians and the ability to participate in your campus voices is always [at] the top of faculty minds,” said Matthew Boedy, the president of Georgia’s AAUP chapter.

Texas had the highest percentage — more than 60% — of respondents who said they wouldn’t encourage graduate students or colleagues to seek employment in their state. The survey reached out to faculty from other southern states, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Replace them with conservatives

 

[odanny]

The Great Leap Backwards.

 

[Moonglow]

Texaass has always been a good place fer the ignorant and prideful.

 

[Votto]

Recent changes including effectively eliminating tenure are motivating Texas university professors to bail. The Wife is flying up next month so we'll get the skinny, but I already advised the Boy to take up opportunities elsewhere. Canada and Europe (especially France) are actively recruiting STEM talent from US universities, and Cali is always a good option.

Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says - The Texas Tribune

Professors’ concerns included the state’s DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.

www.texastribune.org

Many Texas professors are looking for jobs in different states, citing a climate of fear and anxiety on their college campuses due to increased political interference, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors.

The survey interviewed nearly 4,000 faculty across the southern U.S., including more than 1,100 from Texas. About a quarter of the Texas professors said they have applied for higher education jobs in other states in the last two years, and more than 25% said they soon intend to start searching for out-of-state positions. Of those who aren’t thinking of leaving, more than one-fifth said they don’t plan to stay in higher education in the long-term.

“Morale is down,” said one Texas faculty member at a public four-year university in a written response. “Friends have lost contracts for no discernable [sic] reason. We live in fear of using the wrong word. We self-censor. We do not have academic freedom.”

The top reason faculty cited in the survey for wanting to change jobs was the state’s broad political climate. In Texas, faculty have criticized new state laws banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in universities; requiring university governing boards to establish policies on granting and revoking tenure; and limiting faculty’s role in crafting courses and hiring colleagues. Other reasons included salary and academic freedom concerns, the survey found.


“It is certainly a combination of factors of people wanting to leave Texas. But the ability to do your job without attacks from politicians and the ability to participate in your campus voices is always [at] the top of faculty minds,” said Matthew Boedy, the president of Georgia’s AAUP chapter.

Texas had the highest percentage — more than 60% — of respondents who said they wouldn’t encourage graduate students or colleagues to seek employment in their state. The survey reached out to faculty from other southern states, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

It always amuses me how these various groups and professions become sooooo hyperpolitical themselves and then wonder why the wake up with a target on their collective backs.

Hilarious.

 

[Mr Natural]

Texaass has always been a good place fer the ignorant and prideful.

It’s what they do best.

 

[Zincwarrior]

That sure sounds like a win for Texas.

The real professors will stay and those who only indoctrinate will leave.

No, the good ones will leave or never come here in the first place. Other states and countries are actively recruiting them. its my understanding at least one has already been talking with The Boy.

Lets see, STEM geniuses who sent us to the moon and developed drilling facilities 15,000 feet below the surface -two major Texas industries- leaving for other states-yep sounds like a good idea, Texas! Elections have consequences.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Replace them with conservatives

My Boy is a libertarian...
Its not about conservatives you idiot. its about getting a better deal, anywhere but here (or Mississippi).

 

[Moonglow]

No, the good ones will leave or never come here in the first place. Other states and countries are actively recruiting them. its my understanding at least one has already been talking with The Boy.

Lets see, STEM geniuses who sent us to the moon and developed drilling facilities 15,000 feet below the surface -two major Texas industries- leaving for other states-yep sounds like a good idea, Texas! Elections have consequences.

It's the Christian nationalists who make it impossible to live together.

 

[Zincwarrior]

It always amuses me how these various groups and professions become sooooo hyperpolitical themselves and then wonder why the wake up with a target on their collective backs.

Its not politics, its money. No Tenure means Texas is no longer competitive for STEM research talent.

 

[odanny]

Some people are more comfortable stupid. Trump is more comfortable stupid. The people who vote for him are more comfortable stupid. Much of the Deep South, particularly Texas, are more comfortable stupid.

What happens is brain drain, these places see increasing stupidity as the educated flee. Corporations get huge tax breaks in Texas and are forcing their employees to relocate there, or find other jobs. You feel bad for the educated who remain, or have no better option than to be relocated there.

 

[martybegan]

Some people are more comfortable stupid. Trump is more comfortable stupid. The people who vote for him are more comfortable stupid. Much of the Deep South, particularly Texas, are more comfortable stupid.

What happens is brain drain, these places see increasing stupidity as the educated flee. Corporations get huge tax breaks in Texas and are forcing their employees to relocate there, or find other jobs. You feel bad for the educated who remain, or have no better option than to be relocated there.

There's that smug false sense of superiority we've come to know from lefties.

 

[odanny]

There's that smug false sense of superiority we've come to know from lefties.

The truth hurts.

You, not me.

 

[martybegan]

No, the good ones will leave or never come here in the first place. Other states and countries are actively recruiting them. its my understanding at least one has already been talking with The Boy.

Lets see, STEM geniuses who sent us to the moon and developed drilling facilities 15,000 feet below the surface -two major Texas industries- leaving for other states-yep sounds like a good idea, Texas! Elections have consequences.

Nothing in your article claims this is about STEM faculty. It actually whines about DEI making me think the majority of the leaving professors are from the formerly liberal arts and/or the grievance studies departments.

 

[martybegan]

The truth hurts.

You, not me.

You are talking to someone with a Masters Degree in ChemE, so take your smugness and cram it up your probably well used ass.

 

[Foxfyre]

Recent changes including effectively eliminating tenure are motivating Texas university professors to bail. The Wife is flying up next month so we'll get the skinny, but I already advised the Boy to take up opportunities elsewhere. Canada and Europe (especially France) are actively recruiting STEM talent from US universities, and Cali is always a good option.

Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says - The Texas Tribune

Professors’ concerns included the state’s DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.

www.texastribune.org

Many Texas professors are looking for jobs in different states, citing a climate of fear and anxiety on their college campuses due to increased political interference, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors.

The survey interviewed nearly 4,000 faculty across the southern U.S., including more than 1,100 from Texas. About a quarter of the Texas professors said they have applied for higher education jobs in other states in the last two years, and more than 25% said they soon intend to start searching for out-of-state positions. Of those who aren’t thinking of leaving, more than one-fifth said they don’t plan to stay in higher education in the long-term.

“Morale is down,” said one Texas faculty member at a public four-year university in a written response. “Friends have lost contracts for no discernable [sic] reason. We live in fear of using the wrong word. We self-censor. We do not have academic freedom.”

The top reason faculty cited in the survey for wanting to change jobs was the state’s broad political climate. In Texas, faculty have criticized new state laws banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in universities; requiring university governing boards to establish policies on granting and revoking tenure; and limiting faculty’s role in crafting courses and hiring colleagues. Other reasons included salary and academic freedom concerns, the survey found.


“It is certainly a combination of factors of people wanting to leave Texas. But the ability to do your job without attacks from politicians and the ability to participate in your campus voices is always [at] the top of faculty minds,” said Matthew Boedy, the president of Georgia’s AAUP chapter.

Texas had the highest percentage — more than 60% — of respondents who said they wouldn’t encourage graduate students or colleagues to seek employment in their state. The survey reached out to faculty from other southern states, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Let's hope all the woke Marxist professors do leave Texas and move to California or someplace that's already hopelessly screwed up. Those who stay will be people who actually are educating instead of indoctrinating students.

 

[odanny]

You are talking to someone with a Masters Degree in ChemE, so take your smugness and cram it up your probably well used ass.

still don't make ya smart