Texas educators fleeing red states over their laws:
A survey of over 1,900 Texas faculty members reveals that the political environment in the state is the primary factor driving professors’ intentions to leave, with more than 25% planning to seek positions outside Texas due to political interference and discontent with the state of higher education.
“The political climate in Texas is the leading contributor to professors’ desire to leave the state, a new survey of more than 1,900 Texas faculty members found. More than a quarter of those professors said they planned to look for positions elsewhere in the country this year as a result of political interference and widespread dissatisfaction with the state of higher education in Texas.
The survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors and the Texas Faculty Association follows warnings from faculty and students that bills targeting tenure and closing diversity, equity and inclusion offices — prioritized by state leaders during this most recent legislative session — would negatively impact universities’ ability to recruit and retain professors.
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