Texas has adopted a law that allows students to bring a handgun to class, or to meetings with professors.<\/p>\n
As a response to this policy, the president of the Faculty Senate, Jonathan Snow, gathered a group of faculty and gave a powerpoint presentation that included the slide at the top of the post.<\/p>\n
Snow’s presentation was not any sort of official university statement, but the slide does a good job of demonstrating the likely effect on faculty student relationships under the conditions where students are more likely to pull out a handgun and plug the professor.<\/p>\n
The situation, and the context for this presentation, are written up in this post at the Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a>. PZ Myers discusses it here<\/a>. The powerpoint presentation is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n A suitable response faculty may consider is here<\/a> Texas has adopted a law that allows students to bring a handgun to class, or to meetings with professors. As a response to this policy, the president of the Faculty Senate, Jonathan Snow, gathered a group of faculty and gave a powerpoint presentation that included the slide at the top of the post. Snow’s presentation … Continue reading The chilling effect of concealed carry law on the Texas classroom<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=grlasbl0a-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B007HBZOJ2\")