"Faculty members and external advocacy groups say the new rules violate academic freedom, and for many professors, questions remain about how the policies will be implemented and enforced. Approved in a unanimous vote after a lengthy public comment period, the policy changes fit a pattern of censorship at Texas A&M that escalated after a video of a student challenging an instructor about a lesson on gender identity went viral, leading to the instructor's firing and the resignation of then-president Mark Welsh."
"said he was shocked "at the egregiousness" of the policies, but not surprised by them. "Faculty are extremely worried," Braaten said. "They're wondering, can they teach the classes they're scheduled to teach in the spring? Who's going to be looking at their syllabi? ... Is the president of each A&M university going to have to approve every syllabus? Are there penalties for any of this? It's just a complete ... serious violation of academic freedom.""
The Texas A&M System Board of Regents unanimously approved policy revisions requiring member university CEOs to approve any system academic course that advocates race or gender ideology, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The revised Civil Rights Protections and Compliance policy defines gender ideology as a concept of self-assessed gender identity disconnected from biological sex and attempts to define race ideology. The changes follow a viral classroom incident that prompted an instructor's firing and a university president's resignation. Faculty and advocacy groups warn the rules violate academic freedom and raise questions about syllabus review, enforcement, and potential penalties.
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