While the Texas Tech Board Met, Students Attended a Funeral

Texas Tech Students Stage Funeral For Less Than 3% Of Their Curriculum

On May 7, students, faculty, and other attendees gathered on the campus of the Texas Tech University System for a symbolic “funeral” demonstration. This event aimed to protest state-backed limitations on classroom instruction concerning “gender identity,” sexual orientation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The demonstration, previously reported by The Dallas Express, was set to coincide with a meeting of the university system’s Board of Re…

While the Texas Tech Board Met, Students Attended a Funeral

Students held a mock funeral for academic freedom Thursday, four weeks after the university system introduced policies that censor women’s and gender studies content. Two black draft horses pulled a hearse across the Texas Tech University campus Thursday, driven by a solemn-faced coachman dressed in black. The hearse carried no coffin or body, just books.

Texas Tech cautions broadcasting research restrictions to prospective students - Open Campus

Texas Tech leaders told faculty not to widely share the chancellor’s memo restricting graduate work related to sexual orientation or gender identity, a move some experts say could cost prospective graduate students time and money. Instead, an April 17 email from Mark Sheridan, Texas Tech’s vice provost for graduate and postdoctoral affairs and dean of the Graduate School, directed them to notify certain prospective and newly admitted graduate st…