US EditionTexas Tech’s Limits on Gender Identity Discussion Deepen Fears of Politics Breaching Academic Freedom
Texas Tech System's memo enforces compliance with laws recognizing only two biological sexes, marking it the first Texas public university system to limit transgender and nonbinary identity discussions.
- On September 25, Texas Tech University System Chancellor Tedd L. Mitchell sent a memo restricting discussion of transgender and nonbinary identities across the system's five universities, making Texas Tech the first public state system in Texas to impose such limits.
- Mitchell cited a presidential executive order, Gov. Greg Abbott's letter and House Bill 229 as compliance bases, which define biological sex as male or female and reject gender-identity policies.
- Texas Tech Provost Ron Hendrick told faculty planned content must appear in syllabi with outlines and learning outcomes, while presidents must have faculty review materials for timely compliance.
- Civil-Rights groups including ACLU of Texas and FIRE warned the measures undermine academic freedom, while Texas Tech students and graduate advocates said the policy could worsen LGBTQ+ mental health and recruitment.
- The change comes amid broader Texas policy moves such as Senate Bill 37, authored by State Sen. Brandon Creighton , which overhauled university governance and expanded regental oversight.
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Texas Tech’s limits on gender identity discussion deepen fears of politics breaching academic freedom
LUBBOCK — In a first for Texas higher education, the Texas Tech University System has ordered faculty across its five universities to limit classroom discussion of transgender and nonbinary identities, but gave little guidance on how academic endeavors or instruction…
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Texas Tech Faculty to Recognize Only Two Genders
Texas Tech University System Chancellor Tedd Mitchell issued guidance Thursday instructing faculty on all five campuses to "comply with laws" and recent executive orders recognizing just two genders in academic discussions. In a letter, Mitchell said the universities are "required to comply with both state and federal law, executive orders, and directives issued by the President of the United States and the Governor of Texas." "Current state and…
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