"Texas A&M limited teaching about race and gender, even banning Plato from a class. They fired a professor at the command of the governor. Texas State fired a professor for giving a speech over zoom to the Revolutionary Socialism conference. Texas Tech prohibited class discussions about trans identity and banned a speaker who supports abortion rights. The state launched a portal for complaints about universities that allow free speech."
""Instructors must not attempt to coerce, indoctrinate, harass, or belittle students, especially in addressing controversial subjects." If a law professor cold-calls on students, that's coercion-and it's entirely appropriate, even when the legal issue is controversial. If a professor criticizes what a student says, someone could think that's belittling-even though criticism is an essential component of a good education. And "indoctrinate" is one of the most ill-defined, vague concepts around."
In recent months Texas universities have imposed gag orders, speaker bans, and arbitrary firings that severely restrict academic freedom. Texas A&M limited teaching about race and gender, including banning Plato, and a professor was fired at a governor's command. Texas State dismissed a professor for a Zoom speech to a Revolutionary Socialism conference. Texas Tech prohibited class discussions about trans identity and barred a speaker who supports abortion rights. The state created a complaint portal targeting universities that allow free speech. The University of Texas regents are poised to adopt a policy forbidding instructors from coercing, indoctrinating, harassing, or belittling students, language so vague it threatens classroom critique and pedagogy.
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