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New Texas A&M president confirmed as university seeks stability

Regents on Wednesday unanimously appointed Susan Ballabina as president of Texas A&M, putting her in charge of the state’s largest public university as it continues to deal with the fallout from its last president’s resignation.

 

Texas Tech System leader cancels academic programs “centered on” sexual orientation, gender identity

Texas Tech University System’s chancellor on Friday ordered campuses to phase out academic programs “centered on” sexual orientation and gender identity — a dramatically expanded policy that also places limits on what can be researched and which faculty can be hired.

 

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University of North Texas to cut more than 70 programs and minors to trim $45 million deficit

The University of North Texas is cutting or consolidating more than 70 academic programs, minors and certificates as it works to close a projected $45 million budget shortfall, including phasing out its linguistics degrees and eliminating a women’s and gender studies master’s program.

 

GOP-led fight over allegations of student indoctrination raises tensions at University of Houston

After two legislative sessions in which Republican lawmakers hammered universities as bastions of liberal indoctrination, campuses across Texas are restricting how race and gender can be taught and requiring instructors to present controversial subjects in a “balanced” way.

 

University of Texas regents approve limits on teaching “unnecessarily controversial subjects”

The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents unanimously approved Thursday a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying “unnecessary controversial subjects,” despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.

 

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Texas Tech medical school cancels talk on health, ethical considerations in late-pregnancy abortions

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center canceled a scheduled talk by an OB-GYN who has provided abortion care later in pregnancy after opponents argued the discussion would be illegal on a public university campus, a claim abortion-rights advocates dispute.

 

Federal judge upholds West Texas A&M drag show ban, short-circuiting student group’s appeal

A federal judge’s ruling has reset the legal fight over a drag show ban at West Texas A&M, handing the school a win after a full trial and wiping out a pending appeal.

 

Texas A&M abruptly cancels graduate-level ethics course over race, gender policy

Texas A&M University canceled a graduate ethics course three days after the semester began, saying Professor Leonard Bright did not provide enough information to let administrators determine if the course meets new standards for discussing race and gender.

 

Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender

A senior Texas A&M University System official testing a new artificial intelligence tool this fall asked it to find how many courses discuss feminism at one of its regional universities.

 

Texas Tech limits how race and gender can be taught, faculty could be disciplined for noncompliance

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton on Monday imposed restrictions on how faculty discuss race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms and introduced a new course content approval process, underlining that instructors could face discipline for not complying.

 

Billionaire pledges $100M to University of Austin on condition it take no federal funding

Billionaire Jeff Yass, a major backer of efforts to expand private school vouchers, donated $100 million to offer free tuition permanently to students who enroll at the University of Austin, the fledgling private university founded by critics of traditional higher education who argue colleges have g

 

Federal judge temporarily blocks key parts of Texas law that limits campus protests

A federal judge in Austin has temporarily blocked key parts of Texas’ new law limiting expression on campuses, halting the University of Texas System’s enforcement of a ban on overnight expression and limits on speakers, amplified sounds and drums during the last two weeks of the semester.

 

Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firings

Facing growing political pressure, Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III announced Monday evening that the dean and department head overseeing a children’s literature course at the center of a viral recording were going to be removed, saying they approved plans to teach material inconsist

 

Fifth Circuit halts West Texas A&M drag show ban as free speech lawsuit continues

A federal appeals court Monday blocked West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler from enforcing a campus drag show ban, ruling that the performances are likely protected under the First Amendment.

 

Texas A&M, university systems in other red states will create agency to review quality standards

The Texas A&M System is partnering with university systems from five other Republican-led states to create a new agency to set quality standards for their schools.

 

Texas Senate to consider bill that could reshape how history and race are taught in universities

Texas senators could vote this week on a bill that would drastically limit how the state’s public universities teach their students about history, race and inequality.

 

Part of pro-Palestinian student art exhibit at UNT removed amid complaints by state lawmakers

Students who created pro-Palestinian artwork now on display at the University of North Texas said they removed a piece of their exhibit two days early.