#Texas A&M #University cancels programs in women's and #gender studies
https://www.tpr.org/education/2026-01-30/texas-a-m-university-cancels-programs-in-womens-and-gender-studies
> Texas A&M University on Friday announced it is ending its programs in women's and gender studies as part of a broader effort to eliminate teaching related to #diversity, equity and inclusion (#DEI).
From Jan 7
Faculty at #TexasAM #University were told this week that roughly 200 courses in the #College of Arts & Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of #race & #gender, the implementation of which has already led administrators to direct a #philosophy professor to remove #Plato readings from a core course.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #BrainDrain #education #FarRight #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/texas-am-race-gender-courses/
#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender
[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]
New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]
#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The #TexasAM system’s regents — all of them appointed by Gov #GregAbbott, a #Republican — approved the restrictive policies late last year, & officials have been scrambling since then to interpret & enforce them. Supporters contend that the rules are appropriate measures to prevent political ideologies, especially those often associated with the left, from entering classrooms. Opponents say the approach encourages self- #censorship & is itself ideological.
From Jan 7
Faculty at #TexasAM #University were told this week that roughly 200 courses in the #College of Arts & Sciences could be affected by a new system policy restricting classroom discussions of #race & #gender, the implementation of which has already led administrators to direct a #philosophy professor to remove #Plato readings from a core course.
#law #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #BrainDrain #education #FarRight #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/07/texas-am-race-gender-courses/
#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender
[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]
New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]
#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#TexasAM #University said Friday that it would end its #women’s & #gender studies program, & that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how #race & gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.
The university said that 6 courses had been canceled entirely because of the new rules, out of the ~5,400 that were planned for this semester at one of the nation’s largest #public #universities.
#TexasAM Ends #WomensStudies & Overhauls Classes Over #Race & #Gender
[this on top of the bizarre ban on the #philosophy department from teaching #Plato — seriously]
New policies limiting the teaching of race & gender issues led administrators & professors to change hundreds of courses. #School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation. [ya think?]
#BrainDrain #college #university #education #FarRight #extremism #racism #sexism #heterosexism #USpol #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/texas-am-gender-ethnic-womens-studies-academic-freedom.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
