Faculty cite political climate driving student migration to SEC schools from northeast

According to The Sunday Times, many students are choosing SEC schools, including the University of South Carolina and the University of Tennessee, over Ivy League schools. Dominique J. Baker, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, "believes the appeal of the SEC flagships aligns with the country’s right turn," the Chronicle reported. "They’ve seen what’s happening to higher education in much of the Northeast and Midwest with cuts, and that’s not something that’s happening as much in the SEC," Kelchen says.