The other day, my 13-year-old told me they had no plans to go to college in Texas or live here when they were done with their education. “I have fewer rights now than when I was born, and I’ll have fewer still when I’m older,” they said. I couldn’t argue…

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    2 years ago

    Not just students looking towards going into college, but also faculty currently working for these universities. Over the past few years is become abundantly clear that the TX government isn’t interested in the education of their citizens. Faculty are making less money in TX, have less labor protections, have worse health are benefits, and so on and so forth.

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    2 years ago

    I think it will be interesting to see if this holds over the next few years.

    The political climate might become very different, very soon (depending on voter turnout among other things).