Mark Welsh III’s two-year tenure as president of Texas A&M University was marked with political controversies.
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How the political tide turned on Mark Welsh, the four-star general ousted as Texas A&M president
The A&M Board of Regents came to want a more explicitly conservative leader who would shut down controversy before it reared its head, as members grew weary from the steady drumbeat of online posts accusing the university of embracing liberal ideology.
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In Houston, young mothers face some of the highest barriers for college and work in the U.S.
At 13.3%, Houston has the worst rate of young adults who are neither working nor in school of the largest metro areas in the country.
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Texas Tech System limits how race and gender can be taught, says faculty could face discipline for noncompliance
Tech, now the second Texas public university system to add similar teaching restrictions, had earlier directed faculty to follow state and federal guidance recognizing only two sexes.
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Faculty panel: Texas A&M wrongly fired professor after gender lesson
Texas A&M did not have good cause to fire a professor after a video of a gender lesson created a political storm, and the school failed to follow due process, a faculty appeal committee found.
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UT-Austin still silent on Trump compact after deadline to sign passes
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
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Texas A&M System to vote on requiring prior approval for lessons that advocate “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
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Texas A&M system approves policy to restrict faculty from advocating “race and gender ideology”
Faculty are also prohibited from teaching material inconsistent with approved syllabi. The changes come in response to a recent controversy over gender identity classroom discussions.
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Texas lawmakers say colleges have to balance free speech with duty to keep discourse civil
Legislative panels were created after Republican leaders criticized students mocking or celebrating conservative activities Charlie Kirk’s death.
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Texas A&M faculty panel report says professor’s firing violated her academic freedom
University officials dispute the faculty council’s conclusion. Melissa McCoul lost her job after a video of a classroom debate went viral.