US EditionAbbott: ‘Texas is targeting professors’ over ‘leftist ideologies’
Professor Art Markman was removed from his administrative role at UT Austin in September due to ideological conflicts amid student protests over federal policy changes.
- This past week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott confirmed on social media that a University of Texas professor was dismissed and wrote `Texas is targeting professors who are more focused on pushing leftist ideologies rather than preparing students to lead our nation`.
- On October 1, UT Austin was among nine universities invited to President Donald Trump's Higher Education Compact, which asked for admissions and hiring changes for federal funding.
- Dozens gathered outside Gregory Gymnasium Plaza on Monday in a march led by Austin Students for a Democratic Society, with Ryan Lowe saying `we would much prefer to have our own freedom from the federal administration`.
- The University of Texas System launched an audit of courses related to transgender content, aiming to ensure compliance, with final results to be discussed at the Board of Regents meeting in November.
- Last month, a Texas A&M professor’s viral classroom exchange led to her firing and administrative removals, while S.B. 12 bans LGBTQ+ clubs and trans and nonbinary students report rising intolerance.
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