A Texas university just scrapped its women’s and gender studies course
The George Bush Library at Texas A&M University (Wikimedia Commons/Blueag9)
Texas A&M announced on Friday (30 January) that it will be eliminating its women’s and gender studies academic courses.
In a letter sent to faculty and staff obtained by KBTX, Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Alan Sams said the decision was made “as part of the broader implementation of the recently updated Systems policy”.
He claimed that the Texas university “made the difficult decision to begin winding down the Women’s and Gender Studies (WGST) academic programs, including the BA, BS, Graduate Certificate and the Minor”, claiming it was due to “enrolment over the past several years”.
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The program currently has 25 students seeking a major and 31 seeking a minor. Students already enrolled will be allowed to complete their programs over the next six semesters, but no new students will be accepted.
This comes after Texas A&M University System Board of Regents passed a policy last autumn restricting how race and gender could be discussed in class and ordered a sweeping review of course offerings.
It outlined that faculty may not advocate “race or gender ideology” or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity unless a campus president grants a written exception for certain non-core or graduate-level courses that serve a necessary or educational purpose.
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