Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune
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Southern Methodist University in Dallas tried to declare its independence after the church voted to ban gay weddings and clergy in 2019.
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The Board of Regents is lifting the income threshold to expand eligibility across all nine of its UT System campuses.
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Professors and instructors say the university is preemptively censoring itself after administrators removed references to race and equity in dozens of College of Education course titles and descriptions.
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The governor鈥檚 directive extends a tuition freeze for Texas鈥 public universities that was approved in the last legislative session.
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Welsh served as interim president of the flagship university for a little over four months after the prior president resigned in the midst of a hiring scandal that drew national attention.
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A&M System Chancellor John Sharp will recommend Welsh, a retired Air Force general, as the sole finalist for the job at a Board of Regents meeting later this week. Welsh has held the position in the interim since July.
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鈥淭he recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,鈥 Banks wrote in her resignation letter. 鈥淭he negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.鈥
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No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.
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The court鈥檚 ruling will change admissions practices at the University of Texas at Austin, the state鈥檚 only large public university that considers race, and some private universities.
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Child support enforcement, environmental regulation, consumer protection and a host of other responsibilities fall under the attorney general鈥檚 realm at what is essentially the state鈥檚 largest law firm.
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The Texas Senate wants to ban tenure. The House gave initial approval Monday to a bill that would instead enshrine tenure policies in state law. After final passage, the two chambers have a week left to come to a compromise.