Is the future of higher ed in the South?

[Anonymous]

Nah, not while those states continue to rank near the bottom of K-12 education. Most of the SEC schools saw significant increases in apps, but most of the kids we know headed south (besides UGA or FL which were 1st choice for a few friends) didn't get into T30 schools or W&M, VT, UVA or MD, and didn't want JMU, VCU or Mason. Our neighbor's DD graduated from Ole Miss and my DD teacher's son graduated from AL. Both want to return to the DMV, but are having trouble finding jobs. The AL kid is now looking for jobs in Atlanta & Charlotte while Ole Miss girl is still hoping to find something in this area.

[Anonymous]

I dunno. Morningside Heights looks like a great place to spend 4 years. Hot girls. Fun, carefree atmosphere. Strong leadership. What’s not to like?

[Anonymous]

I would go a step further and suggest Catholic universities, where there doesn't seem to be much action with these protests. Much more balance at those schools politically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of the state of reproductive healthcare in the South, and I can see it having real-life impacts on girls and boys attending colleges there.

The rich out of state kids who go to the Southern flagships can afford to fly out of state to take care of such things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dunno. Morningside Heights looks like a great place to spend 4 years. Hot girls. Fun, carefree atmosphere. Strong leadership. What’s not to like?

I honestly hadn't thought about it, but now that you mention it, the hot girls quotient is WAY WAY off there based on the news photos. Who would sign up for that except more of the same?

[Anonymous]

The article is of course a decent amount of clickbait. The actual stats they quote don’t show any kind of massive shift…it’s honestly fairly lite on stats in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of the state of reproductive healthcare in the South, and I can see it having real-life impacts on girls and boys attending colleges there.

The rich out of state kids who go to the Southern flagships can afford to fly out of state to take care of such things.

Please stop: most of us are concerned about emergency situations when women are turned away from ERs and forced to bleed out in parking lots

Good luck, southerners

[Anonymous]

You know they are B-/B kids who don’t want to go to GMU or Towson. It’s good for them to venture out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of the state of reproductive healthcare in the South, and I can see it having real-life impacts on girls and boys attending colleges there.

The rich out of state kids who go to the Southern flagships can afford to fly out of state to take care of such things.

Please stop: most of us are concerned about emergency situations when women are turned away from ERs and forced to bleed out in parking lots

Good luck, southerners

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not a fan of the state of reproductive healthcare in the South, and I can see it having real-life impacts on girls and boys attending colleges there.

The rich out of state kids who go to the Southern flagships can afford to fly out of state to take care of such things.

Please stop: most of us are concerned about emergency situations when women are turned away from ERs and forced to bleed out in parking lots

Good luck, southerners

These kinds of histrionics never fail to amuse me. The vast *vast* majority of abortions are not because of health reasons. I support abortion rights and don't like the six week laws or complete bans but how many women in a typical year are bleeding to death in a parking lot versus the number of abortions due to a one night stand?

[Anonymous]

18:53, post your bleedout stats, liar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article is of course a decent amount of clickbait. The actual stats they quote don’t show any kind of massive shift…it’s honestly fairly lite on stats in general.

Post your specific stats.

[Anonymous]

The way politics are going (ie banning of women’s reproductive rights, lack of any sane gun policies, censorship of books and curricula in schools).

We are now totally turned off to the south.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know they are B-/B kids who don’t want to go to GMU or Towson. It’s good for them to venture out.

I agree. And the Free Press? Not exactly the best source. Now give me a large percentage of kids who actually get into top 20 schools and turn them down for Elon and then I can comment on the “trend”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nah, not while those states continue to rank near the bottom of K-12 education. Most of the SEC schools saw significant increases in apps, but most of the kids we know headed south (besides UGA or FL which were 1st choice for a few friends) didn't get into T30 schools or W&M, VT, UVA or MD, and didn't want JMU, VCU or Mason. Our neighbor's DD graduated from Ole Miss and my DD teacher's son graduated from AL. Both want to return to the DMV, but are having trouble finding jobs. The AL kid is now looking for jobs in Atlanta & Charlotte while Ole Miss girl is still hoping to find something in this area.

You don't get it. People are realizing T30 doesn't matter, and they can have a great time with fun, beautiful peers, not dealing with people like you that are negative.