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Texas A&M Bush School of Government & Public Service is facing major backlash over some of its course syllabi, which, despite efforts to remove DEI from state colleges, still contain DEI statements. This language was found in at least 12 classes, all of which were taught as recently as last fall.
This is all a result of a loophole in Texas' 2023 law that banned DEI policies in state colleges. Brandon Waltens with the Texas Scorecard explained, "What it doesn't go after is academic instruction, so what we're continuing to see is DEI coursework falling through the cracks."
He went on to add that this isn't the first time that we've seen A&M, which has a reputation for being more conservative, engaging in extreme DEI. He pointed out that, "Texas A&M University actually had a larger DEI office than the University of Texas, if you can believe that. The fact that we still see this just shows you what a pervasive problem this is in the culture of higher education."
Waltens went on to say that this clearly demonstrates the need for more legislative oversight of Texas colleges, including A&M. He said, "The legislature has certainly been on its way to reforming higher education institutions, and certainly I think they should be applauded for that, but there's a lot of room left to go."
We reached out to both Texas A&M and the Bush School of Government & Public Service on all of this, but as of publishing, they have not been able to provide us with a comment.