“News articles and opinion pieces have raised alarms that significant numbers of faculty members are fleeing, or considering fleeing, jobs in states where universities face increasing right-wing pressure in favor of jobs in states where they don’t—fueling a Southern brain drain.” But evidence gathered from Florida, Texas, and North Carolina doesn’t support that supposition. That’s the conclusion of a report published in Inside Higher Education. However, continuing suppression, improved measuring systems, and time may tell a different story. Read more here.