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The Texas Tribune reports:
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously directed its flagship university to disband an LGBTQ+ studies minor, months after conservative lawmakers and websites accused the program of promoting “liberal indoctrination” on campus.
The LGBTQ Studies minor is one of 14 minors and 38 certificate programs that administrators said were “low-producing,” according to a new process they developed to identify and eliminate programs with low enrollments. But faculty argue the process used inaccurate information and faulty data. It also kept faculty from providing input about curriculum decisions, they said.
“This has never happened before,” said Angie Hill Price, a professor and speaker of A&M’s Faculty Senate. “We have no precedent for a board to decide over the wishes of faculty and the president which they deemed low-performing.” Dozens of faculty attended the board meeting Thursday to oppose the regents’ decision.
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Leading the push to axe “liberal indoctrination” courses is Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick [photo], who also presides over the state senate.
Texas A&M is the nation’s second-largest public university by enrollment, just behind Arizona State and ahead of the University of Central Florida.
Texas A&M regents overrule faculty, cut 52 “low-producing” programs including LGBTQ+ studies minor. https://t.co/yw06CwX6Nt
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 8, 2024