Texas A&M system board of regents amend policies affecting faculty members and students

This podcast contains comments from the November 13, 2025 Texas A&M system board of regents meeting.The Texas A&M system board of regents unanimously amend policies affecting faculty members.One policy change says no academic course within the system may teach race or gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity, unless the course and its materials are approved in advance by a university president.Another policy change says faculty members are prohibited from introducing unrelated topics or teaching material inconsistent with the approved syllabus.Click HERE to read and download the amended A&M system policies 08.01 and 12.01.Before the votes, regents heard from ten faculty members on the flagship campus, of which eight expressed opposition to the policy changes.The regents also received 141 letters, of which there was no breakdown of who submitted the letters or the position those people took.