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The Guardian Covers Reluctance of Professors to Remain in the South
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Anonymous
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"Many professors in the US south, particularly in Florida, South Carolina and Texas, are considering leaving their state because of the impact the political climate is having on education, according to a new survey by the American Association of Professors."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/23/professors-us-south-leaving |
Anonymous
| Makes sense, doctors leaving too. |
Anonymous
| Ah yes, the Guardian. A newspaper well known for its understanding of American culture, politics and internal affairs. |
Anonymous
| I guarantee no one with tenure is leaving |
Anonymous
It has a US version, which this is from. |
Anonymous
Yeah, there is no labor market mobility in the academe. This is a big nothing burger. |
Anonymous
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The Guardian is very reputable and fairly down the middle politically.
Professors move all the time. Including tenured ones. Professors have families. So they are annoyed by politicians messing with their schools, plus they don't want to raise their families in these places. 10-15 years ago a northern professor might have considered working at an SEC school - they might be political outliers in town but there was a critical mass of like-minded people so they could survive. Not sure if you would want to be a Harvard-educated Democrat in Tuscaloosa or Knoxville anymore. |
Anonymous
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Incredibly, the survey findings suggest that half of the professors in Texas would like to leave the state:
"About 25% of the professors in Texas who responded said they have applied for teaching roles in other states in the last two years, with another 25% saying they intend to start a search." |
Anonymous
No, they really don’t. And they don’t make a lot of money, so the south is perfect with its lower cost of living; they do like to complain though. |
Anonymous
| To the OP, how many Teslas do you own. The poor loony lefties, |
Anonymous
Beat me to it! I was going to say, "Ah yes, the Guardian. That bastion of unbiased and factual reporting," but I like yours better. |
Anonymous
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My sibling recently retired as an assistant dean from one of the top southern flagships. They said they knew several faculty at the top levels who had quietly moved to other universities because of the impact the politicization of the boards was having on teaching and research. These are people who had been at the university for decades and are too of their field. They are moving quietly because they love their institutions and don’t want to publicly harm them any more than the state politicians already have.
It’s true not everyone has mobility — but the top of the top do. And the newbies also do. That’s two groups that universities probably don’t want to lose. They are getting left with all the tenured folks who aren’t fancy enough to be able to get other offers. |
Anonymous
Other than the president of Texas A&M University that just resigned for Political reasons….. |
Anonymous
Don’t enlighten those that don’t believe anything. Wasting your precious time here…. |
Anonymous
I mean, come on - at least be honest here! LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Left-Center sources. Overall, we rate The Guardian as Left-Center biased based on story selection that moderately favors the left and Mixed for factual reporting due to numerous failed fact checks over the last five years. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-guardian/ |