Texas Tech Regents Weigh Dropping More Than 20 Race, Gender and Social-Justice Classes From the Core Curriculum
The proposal before regents on Wednesday would remove the classes from the approved core list for fall 2027. The agenda does not say why — and the board itself changes in January.
LUBBOCK — Texas Tech University's regents are considering a proposal on Wednesday, Nov. 11, that would remove more than 20 classes from the list of approved core courses students can take to meet graduation requirements for fall 2027, the Texas Tribune reported, in an account read in full by the desk via the Lubbock Lights Ledger.
The classes named in the reporting include a social-justice literature class and a women's and gender studies course. The meeting agenda does not say why the classes are being cut, or whether directives from Chancellor Brandon Creighton played a role, according to the Tribune's reporting as carried by the Ledger.
Andrew Martin, the outgoing president of Texas Tech's AAUP chapter, called the regents' growing role in academic decisions an overreach, the Ledger reported. The proposal is a consideration item, not a reported decision, and the desk will follow the board's action as it is announced.
The board weighing it is itself about to change. The terms of Chair Cody Campbell and Regent Arcilia Acosta expire Jan. 31, which, as the Ledger noted from the Tribune's reporting, gives Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa three early appointments to the nine-member board — one reason Wednesday's vote, whenever it lands, may not be the last word on the core list.
