"The new policy is an escalation of the five-campus system's efforts over the past year to snuff out any sexual orientation and gender identity content, and it's the first policy that doesn't fully exempt student work."
"Amy Reid, program director for PEN America's Freedom to Learn program, stated that this policy is the most extreme case of censorship of students' work that the organization has seen since it began tracking such policies five years ago."
"Chancellor [Brandon] Creighton's April 9 memo makes it all too clear that providing students with fact-based instruction has never been the point."
Texas Tech University plans to eliminate all programs focused on sexual orientation and gender identity, prohibiting students from conducting degree-culminating research on these topics. Current students will be allowed to complete their degrees, but no new research will be permitted. The policy represents a significant escalation in censorship, with only limited exemptions for general independent research. This move has been criticized as extreme by organizations like PEN America, highlighting concerns about the impact on education and academic freedom.
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