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Texas A&M Eliminates Women’s and Gender Studies Degree After Campus Review

Officials cited low enrollment alongside new restrictions on courses that advocate race or gender ideology.

Overview

  • Current majors and minors will be taught out over six semesters, and no new students will be admitted to the program.
  • A review of roughly 5,400 spring syllabi resulted in six undergraduate course cancellations, 48 exemptions out of 54 forwarded for final review, and hundreds of course descriptions being revised.
  • Leaders said the move reflects compliance with a Texas A&M System regents policy limiting certain race and gender instruction, drawing criticism from PEN America and FIRE and praise from some education-policy advocates.
  • The program enrolled about 25 majors and 31 minors and operated as an interdisciplinary offering without its own tenure-line faculty.
  • System regents are continuing a broader review of low-performing programs, with a presentation on systemwide findings scheduled for Thursday.