‘Fear and hopelessness’: study finds one in four professors consider leaving US south
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Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

Survey by American Association of Professors shows nearly quarter of respondents are switching due to states’s politics

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.

The survey received responses from approximately 4,000 faculty members across the south and included other states, such as Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Kentucky, in its findings. 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.

Last year, salary was the top reason as to why educators across the south were seeking employment elsewhere. In this year’s findings, however, “broad political climate” was the top motivator.

    • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Could you clarify how that applies here?

      I’m aware that you shouldn’t continue an action/behavior that will be bad for you, just because you already spent resources (the “sunk cost”) on it. But, I’m not sure exactly how that applies here. At least I believe the request to “stick it out until the midterms” comes from a belief that voting in the midterms will bring a benefit to the individual and the collective.

      • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
        52·
        2 days ago

        These guys should not have to sacrifice their careers and their mental health for these sinking states and help “save” the state when even the Democratic leadership abandons these states and with the current leadership that won’t GTFO, they’ll abandon them and the state if there’s even a whiff of it might be hard.

        If they get the opportunity to better themselves, they should take it and not pass it up for some redemption arc.

        My two cents of a person who abandoned a Red State life.

        • bss03@infosec.pub
          4·
          2 days ago

          I still think you misused the “Sunken Cost Fallacy”.

          But, I agree that it’s not some sort of moral imperative to stay. That decision depends on so many factors, not the least of which is how much you actually believe the midterms will occur and have any positive impact.

        • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Somebody needs to fight for them, else it guarantees we’ll be fighting against them.