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Texas Tech’s new limits on how faculty teach gender identity and sexual orientation challenge more than free speech

Texas Tech’s new limits on how faculty teach gender identity and sexual orientation challenge more than free speech

(TEMPE, AZ) Texas Tech University, a public university in Lubbock, announced in April 2026 that its five schools would phase out all academic credentials centered on sexual orientation or gender identity. The new policy, detailed in a six-page memo on April 9, also requires instructors to use “alternate materials”

Non-Tenured Adjunct Professors Get the Short End of the Stick

Non-Tenured Adjunct Professors Get the Short End of the Stick

In U.S. higher education, tenure is often touted as being the greatest safeguard for academic freedom and job security. The American Association of University Professors states: “Tenure provides the conditions for faculty to pursue research and innovation and draw evidence-based conclusions free from corporate or political pressure.” However,