Texas A&M Students and Faculty Protest for Academic Freedom After President's Resignation, Other Changes

Aggie student: Political pressure on TAMU president is a bad look

Texas A&M graduate student laments the loss of TAMU president Mark Welsh who resigned abruptly this month after political pressure.

Texas A&M students and faculty protest for academic freedom after president's resignation, other changes

Students and faculty at Texas A&M University gathered Monday night to protest what they call attacks on academic freedom following the resignation of President Mark Welsh and other recent administrative changes.Watch the full story here: Texas A&M students and faculty protest for academic freedom after president's resignation, other recent changesDozens assembled at Academic Plaza to voice their concerns about the firing of a professor, the reas…

Texas A&M President Resigns After Republican Pressure

Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty In recent months, it’s become incredibly clear that Texas doesn’t actually value free speech or free thought. Texas A&M President Mark Welsh submitted his resignation on Thursday after facing pressure from several Texas Republicans due to his initial refusal to fire a professor for teaching gender content in a children’s literature course at the college.  According to the Texas Tribune, a video…

Aggie DEI Debate – 710am KURV

The Texas A&M system has selected a finalist to lead the newly-acquired campus in Victoria, but conservative groups warn that she comes with some baggage. That’s because Christian Hardigree championed DEI efforts when she led the University of South Florida. Sherry Sylvester with the Texas Public Policy Foundation says the fight over forced “diversity” and “inclusion” was why the president of their flagship campus, Mark Welsh, announced his resi…

A&M students protest for academic freedom after former President Welsh’s resignation

Students and faculty at Texas A&M protested on Sept. 22 at Academic Plaza at 6 p.m. in response to the resignation of former President Mark A. Welsh III, firing of former professor Melissa McCoul and removal of former Dean Mark Zoran of the College of Arts and Sciences and department head of English Emily Johansen from their positions.  A&M student organization Texas Aggie Democrats were joined by Texas Rising, Secular Student Alliance, the Quee…

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Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers / Getty In recent months, it’s become incredibly clear that Texas doesn’t actually value free speech or free thought. Texas A&M President Mark Welsh submitted his resignation on Thursday after facing pressure from several Texas Republicans due to his initial refusal to fire a professor for teaching gender content in a children’s literature course at the college.  According to the Texas Tribune, a video…