BY MATTHEW BOEDYFaculty in the South Describe a Climate of Fear on Campus, Grants Cancelled, and Students Impacted, Survey FindsA major new survey of higher education faculty across the South has revealed the significant impact of federal and state political attacks on faculty work and recruitment. The survey, conducted by multiple state conferences of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), received responses from nearly 4,000 individuals [3,926] in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. An open-ended question about the direct impact on faculty work from attacks on higher education reaped more than 2,700 responses. The survey also sheds light on the primary factors driving faculty members to seek employment elsewhere. These findings echo a similar survey of about 3,000 faculty conducted in 2024 in these same 12 states.