University of Texas students rebuked the racist attack on South Asians by Republican Bo French.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono counsel Yetter Coleman LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Texas A&M University  System’s new extreme Censorship Policy that prohibits faculty from discussing certain topics and viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, and gender.  The case was brought on behalf of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and Professors...

Plaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.

Faculty have been instructed to remove educational materials — like the film “Moonlight” and writings by Plato — from syllabi following policy banning race, gender, and sexual orientation related topics

This is the second Texas university system sued over teaching restrictions in recent weeks.

Plaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.

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Some students said the message of the forum, headlined by former Vice President Mike Pence, rang hollow as the university has placed limits on what professors can teach.

It’s the first system policy that doesn’t fully exclude student work. Faculty warn it’s hardly the last step in the chancellor’s censorship effort. Texas Tech University’s plans to phase out and eventually close all programs “centered on” sexual orientation and gender identity also prohibit students from creating “degree-culminating” research or theses on such topics, according to a recent memo from university leadership.

The shuttering of programs and disciplining of a student have free speech advocates rallying against Texas Tech University.

The Texas A&M University Board of Regents named Susan Ballabina as sole finalist for the presidency on Monday. She has deep ties to both College Station and the system. A familiar face is set to take the helm as Texas A&M University’s next president. The Board of Regents named Susan Ballabina as the sole finalist for the job on Monday. Under Texas statute, Ballabina will hold that position for 21 days before a final vote.

Dr. Martin Peterson, a tenured instructor for the school, is moving to SMU this summer, leaving behind a university that he says is becoming “an institution of dead dogmas."

“It will be death by a thousand cuts,” said Lilia Rosas, a professor of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies.

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