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Prospective college students once interested in schools in states like Texas and Florida are now scratching those options off their lists, college counselors across the country told Politico in a recent series of interviews.
Students have told me, I really want to go to Texas [the University of Texas at Austin], but Im taking them off my list, college admissions consultant Christina Taber-Kewene told Politico. Taber-Kewene is based in New Jersey and primarily works with students living in the Northeast. Theyll say, I dont want to go to school in a state where I wont have reproductive rights access. She added that some students have told her they dont want to send money to a state thats banning abortion.
Venkates Swaminathan, founder and CEO of the college consulting company LifeLaunchr, told Politico hes seen a much greater number of students who say they dont want to go to public [schools] in Florida, and that students will say they dont want to support that state and dont feel safe there. Floridas recent anti-LGBTQ law known as the Dont Say Gay law may not directly impact universities in the state, as it focuses on K-12 education, but institutions of higher education in conservative states often face threats and punishment from their state governments over speech issues. It doesnt help that the Dont Say Gay law has increasingly become synonymous with the state of Florida itself.
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Politicos interviews mirror surveys of college-educated workers from shortly after Texas near-total abortion ban, S.B. 8, took effect last September. Per the findings, 75% of surveyed women said the law would discourage them from working in Texas, and 73% said they wouldnt even apply for a job in a state that passed a ban like Texasthe same was true of even 58% of surveyed men. Relevant to Politicos reporting on prospective college students, 73% of all surveyed Gen-Zers said they wouldnt accept a job in a state that was hostile to reproductive rights.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/college-applicants-are-avoiding-schools-in-anti-abortion-and-anti-trans-states/ar-AAWzZhW
childfreebychoice
(476 posts)The one caveat, no schools in red states, no religious schools. Pointless caveat cuz they didn't apply to either
paleotn
(17,938 posts)Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)and anti women religions
d_r
(6,907 posts)Taking positions in those states, especially with their war on tenure
Freddie
(9,272 posts)Grew up here in Pennsylvania, went there for a (very good) job, lives in a blue part of the state (Palm Beach county). Hes found that his degree from Penn State is very respected, even prestigious, down there. Must say something about the quality of the colleges there.