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Saturday, March 5th, 2016

Texas fears ‘brain drain’ now that public universities will allow guns on campus

Author:     Tom Dart
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Tuesday 1 March 2016 13.36 EST
 Link: Texas fears ‘brain drain’ now that public universities will allow guns on campus
Stephan:   You may remember that about a week ago I did a report on the decision by the Texas legislature to allow carrying of guns on campus. I made the point that since the Greek Academies of antiquity everyone has known that mixing weapons and campuses is a really bad idea, and that I would not teach on a campus that allowed such a thing. My concern was pooh-poohed as alarmist by some but, apparently, I am not alone in my concern, as this story describes.
Protestors gather in October at the University of Texas campus to oppose a new state law that expands the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons on public college campuses. Credit: Ralph Barrera/AP

Protestors gather in October at the University of Texas campus to oppose a new state law that expands the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons on public college campuses.
Credit: Ralph Barrera/AP

LAREDO, TEXAS — Whenever headhunters called, Frederick Steiner would tell them thanks but no thanks – he was content in his job as dean of the school of architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. Then the state passed a “campus carry” law and recruiters heard a different answer.

Amid fears that the law’s passage is leading to a “brain drain” of academics and will discourage students from applying, Steiner’s is a high profile departure tied to the new statute. One of the university’s most distinguished professors, he will become the dean of the University of Pennsylvania […]

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2 Comments

  1. Paul H. Smith, Ph.D. on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 8:24 am

    This didn’t happen in Utah and other states. Why would it happen in Texas?

  2. sandy sanford on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 11:48 am

    Why would it happen in Texas? Because it’s Texas.That being said in this day and age,,leaving large numbers of unarmed people unprotected while waiting for the next “shootin fish in a barrel” situation to happen isn t a solution guns in class rooms mabe not but a trained security force might be.