{"id":221168,"date":"2026-02-19T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/?p=221168"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:35:00","slug":"texas-university-ut-regents-unnecessarily-controversial-subjects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/02\/19\/texas-university-ut-regents-unnecessarily-controversial-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Texas regents approve limits on teaching \u201cunnecessary controversial subjects\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_maqp6teXzGK?ui_cover_art=false&amp;ui_title_intro=Listen+to+this+article&amp;ui_title_icon=headphones&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=3.0.3\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><style>.wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed { margin: 0 !important; }<\/style><div class=\"everlit-disclaimer\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div style=\"margin-top: -0.5rem;font-size: 0.7rem;color: #4a4a4a;font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Audio recording is automated for accessibility. 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See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\/#ai-policy\">AI policy<\/a>, and give us <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appFeleeKVUN0Iytx\/pagPG40gbkU0EfjIr\/form\">feedback<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Texas System\u2019s Board of Regents unanimously approved Thursday a rule requiring its universities to ensure students can graduate without studying \u201cunnecessary controversial subjects,\u201d despite warnings it could leave them less prepared for the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/U.T.-System-Discussion-and-appropriate-action-related-to-The-University-of-Texas-System-Expectations-of-Academic-Integrity-and-Standards-for-Teaching-Controversial-Topics.pdf\">The rule<\/a> also requires faculty to disclose in their syllabi the topics they plan to cover and adhere to the plan, and says that when courses include controversial issues, instructors must ensure a \u201cbroad and balanced approach\u201d to the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The policy does not define what qualifies as \u201ccontroversial\u201d or what constitutes a \u201cbroad and balanced approach.\u201d Opponents warned that leaving those terms undefined would force administrators to interpret them case by case, pressuring professors to avoid difficult material rather than risk complaints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWill they (administrators) be experts in the relevant disciplines or will they just seek to avoid unpleasant publicity?\u201d Peter Onyisi, a University of Texas at Austin physics professor, said during roughly 40 minutes of public testimony from 10 speakers, a mix of faculty, students and alumni who all opposed the policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board Chair Kevin Eltife said the lack of specificity came as the system tried to craft a policy that could work in today\u2019s politically charged environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are in difficult times,\u201d he said. \u201cVagueness can be our friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other speakers said restricting controversial material would leave students unprepared for careers that require navigating complex, unsettled political and social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe job market is really tough right now, ask any undergrad,\u201d said David Gray Widder, a professor in UT-Austin\u2019s School of Information. \u201cWe can\u2019t do this to our students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A civil rights attorney also warned the rule could invite legal challenges. Allen Liu, policy counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said it could lead to \u201cviewpoint discrimination\u201d and disproportionately affect Black students and faculty by discouraging teaching about slavery, segregation and other subjects central to Black history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UT System has had a rule for at least a decade stating faculty are entitled to freedom in the classroom but \u201care expected not to introduce into their teaching controversial matter that has no relation to his or her subject.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vote comes a week after UT-Austin announced it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/02\/12\/texas-ut-austin-consolidate-race-gender\/\">consolidate<\/a> its African and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican American and Latino Studies, American Studies, and Women\u2019s, Gender and Sexuality Studies departments into a new Social and Cultural Analysis department. More than 800 students are pursuing majors, minors and graduate degrees in the affected programs. At the time, university President Jim Davis said the reorganization followed a review that found \u201csome significant inconsistencies and fragmentation\u201d across departments in the College of Liberal Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"airtable-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/embed\/appNOFiFYUThl8GQx\/pag70GgONmMiBYJPG\/form\" frameborder=\"0\" onmousewheel=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"533\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 1px solid #ccc;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past year, public universities have faced mounting pressure from state and federal leaders to address a perceived liberal bias. Under a new state law, Senate Bill 37, governor-appointed regents have more oversight of classroom instruction, hiring and discipline. 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Alfonso Ayala III, a doctoral student in Mexican American and Latina\/o Studies at UT-Austin, pointed to the university expanding the conservative-backed School of Civic Leadership as his department loses autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to understand this as anything other than ideological and political,\u201d Ayala said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UT System, one of the nation\u2019s largest public university systems, enrolls more than 260,000 students across nine campuses and four medical centers statewide, all subject to the rule the regents approved Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the vote, Eltife said campus leaders would review curricula and make a \u201cprincipled determination\u201d about when controversial material is required for a degree and when it should be offered as an elective.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eltife also directed Chancellor John Zerwas and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Archie Holmes to ensure institutions comply with state and federal directives related to gender identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, President Donald Trump and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.texastribune.org\/greg-abbott\/\">Greg Abbott<\/a> issued executive orders directing federal and state agencies to recognize only two sexes, male and female. 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