With all due respect, one cannot begin to compare the situation at Baylor, a private Baptist college, with USM, which is a taxpayer-subisidized public universtity----the higher prestige of Baylor notwithstanding.

One can see more likelihood of the Baylor problem than one could for USM. This does not justify but the comparison is off base without the correct caveat.

This does not diminish the exodous of Baylor faculty, but a private religious-supported school has more of a bully pulpit from which to seek policies that keep the institution within some modicum of faith based beliefs than does a secular school like USM.

We can all debate the correctness of a religious school imposing religious standards, that, but it is another whole topic. It is not germane to the USM quagmire.

Such is NOT the case with USM, nor will it ever be.

I am not saying Baylor has no problem, but comparing it to USM is a stretch at best.