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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Juan A. Lozano

Texas A&M University to end women's studies due to new policy on race and gender topics

Education Race and Gender Lessons - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Texas A&M University is ending its women’s and gender studies program, changing the syllabuses of hundreds of courses and canceling six classes as part of a new policy that limits how professors can discuss some race and gender topics, school officials announced Friday.

The changes to and cancellation of courses comes months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country, into upheaval.

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