In lawsuit, UT-Austin professor accuses Texas A&M faculty program of discriminating against white and Asian men

A UT-Austin professor is suing the Texas A&M University System over a faculty hiring program that he claims discriminates against white and Asian male candidates. (Credit: Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribune)

A University of Texas at Austin professor has sued Texas A&M University claiming a new faculty fellowship program designed to increase diversity at the flagship university in College Station discriminates against white and Asian male candidates.

Richard Lowery, a finance professor at UT-Austin who is white, filed the federal class-action lawsuit on Saturday against the Texas A&M University System and its board of regents; Annie McGowan, Texas A&M’s vice president and associate provost for diversity; and N.K. Anand, Texas A&M’s vice president for faculty affairs.