Overview
- In a memo, Chancellor Brandon Creighton barred faculty from promoting six listed concepts about race and sex and defined promotion as presenting them as correct or required.
- The guidance creates a multi-step approval flow for affected course content that can end with Board of Regents sign-off, with an exception allowing licensure or patient-care material to remain subject to notification.
- The system now recognizes only two sexes under HB 229 guidance, and courses touching gender identity or sexual orientation face heightened scrutiny.
- The memo states that failure to follow the new process may result in disciplinary action consistent with university policies and state law.
- Initial reaction includes a Texas Tech professor canceling a planned spring class and drafting a resignation letter as administrators work out timelines for the new reviews.