Some academics have publicly announced resignations, but evidence of a mass faculty exodus from states like Florida is thin, at least so far. Media hyped a brain drain regardless. Florida’s governor, seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has pushed his state and its education system further and further to the right. Texas has banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public universities.
Overall, Black, and to some extent Latinx students have very different experiences than their white and Asian counterparts when earning Ph.D.s in STEM fields.