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Texas A&M Committee Rules Professor’s Firing over Gender Identity Lesson Was Unjustified
The faculty appeals committee found no good cause or proper procedures for termination and said political pressure influenced the dismissal of the senior lecturer.
- The Texas A&M internal committee unanimously found the university was wrong to fire Melissa McCoul earlier this year and sent a nonbinding recommendation to Tommy Williams, interim president.
- After a campus video showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity, Mark Welsh said McCoul taught content misaligned with standard curriculum, but her lawyer disputed she was told to change it.
- A senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience, McCoul faced calls for termination from Republican lawmakers including Gov. Greg Abbott, while her lawyer did not respond immediately Saturday and contested the university's claims.
- Earlier this month the Texas A&M Board of Regents enacted a policy barring courses that "will advocate race or gender ideology" without presidential approval, following sharp criticism and Welsh's resignation.
- The controversy has drawn national scrutiny of university DEI practices amid attention on Harvard, Columbia, and the Trump administration, highlighting wider conflicts over curriculum oversight and academic freedom.
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Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
A Texas A&M committee agreed the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity. The internal committee ruled…
Texas A&M committee finds professor’s firing over transgender-related lesson unjustified
A Texas A&M committee ruled the university’s firing of professor Melissa McCoul was unjustified after a video showed a student removed from class for objecting to a gender identity lesson.
·New York, United States
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Texas A&M committee rules professor’s firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified
A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity.
·Atlanta, United States
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