Texas Tech Imposes New Restrictions on Teaching Race and Gender, Requiring Faculty Approval Process
Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton has implemented new rules restricting how faculty may teach topics related to race, sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Under the policy, instructors are barred from promoting concepts such as inherent racial superiority or collective guilt, and must seek approval through a multilayer review process—from department chairs to the Board of Regents—before including restricted content in their courses.
The policy, tied to Texas Senate Bill 37, requires faculty to justify why such material is necessary. Noncompliance could result in disciplinary action. Some professors, including longtime faculty member Kelli Cargile Cook, criticized the restrictions as politically driven and harmful to academic freedom, prompting her to resign rather than alter her curriculum.
The new rules follow prior directives limiting discussion of transgender identities and comply with state laws recognizing only two sexes. Texas Tech’s policy goes even further than recent measures at Texas A&M by mandating formal approval of any restricted content. Faculty groups, including the American Association of University Professors, warn the policy infringes on First Amendment protections and endangers academic freedom for educators across the system.
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