Texas A&M University President Mark Wales He resigned after being angry at dealing with the student’s complaints about a British professor.
His resignation was released on Friday at 5 p.m. Undercover video In her statement, the lesson, which violated President Trump’s executive order, recognized only two genders, showed the professor the unnamed female student started from a children’s literature class.
Under pressure from the government Greg Abbottgentlemen. Welsh Dismissed Senior Lecturer Melissa McCoul And demoted two administrators responsible for approving content.
Even so, Republican Gov. Dan Patrick insists that the public system should continue to investigate President A&M’s initial response to student complaints.
In a statement Friday morning, the outgoing president thanked the University Station campus and noted that he promised to take office “until someone takes over” when he took office in 2023.
Mr. Wales said: “In the past few days, it’s clear that it’s that time.” In the statement saidthis does not quote gender-identity turmoil.
Texas A&M University System officials first Announce Resigned Thursday night.
“The President of Wales is a man of honor, he leads Texas A&M Selfless dedication. We thank him for his service and contribution. “At the same time, we agree that now is the right time to make changes and positioning,” former Republican state Rep. Glenn Hegar said in a statement. Texas A&M Continue excellence in the coming years. ”
The system’s board will name the interim president to replace Mr. Wales and search for permanent leaders across the country.
State Rep. Brian Harrison, Republican and Texas A&M Alumni who circulated. McCall’s Take classes online and win on social media.
“We did it! Texas A&M The President is out! ! “Mr. Harrison, he appealed to Mr. Welsh Outter, wrote on Thursday night’s X.
Mr Harrison’s social media post this month also includes recordings of a meeting between the student and the Mr. Welsh About her shooting from summer education class.
In the recording, a man identified as a gentleman Welsh The student is angry at the student and says, “You want to fight here” and “tell us what you are looking for. What do you expect us to do [about the professor]? Fire her? ”
When the student replied, “Yes, absolutely.” He replied, “Okay, that didn’t happen.”
State Republicans accused Mr. Wales of changing the professor and firing the professor only after the governor’s office called on him to do so.
“His ambivalence on the issue and his immediate revocation of professors’ concerns about students is unacceptable,” Patrick said in a statement on September 11.
gentlemen. Welsh It has been said that summer has been marked for children’s literature courses, including “inconsistent with any reasonable expectations of the standard course in the course” and it is clear that the content must be consistent with the catalog description.
“However, yesterday I learned that despite the instructions, the college continues to teach content that is inconsistent with the course descriptions of another course this fall,” Welsh On September 9 statement. “So I took the administrative action mentioned above and the Dean and the Head of the Department will conduct a natural review to ensure they are consistent with the course description.”
Mr. Harrison posted a course material page on social media titled “Let’s Talk about Gender in Children’s Ignition!” and “Queer History and Moral Maturity in Young Adult Literature and the AIDS Crisis.”
“Why talk about queer?” asked a teaching project from the class. “Isn’t that ‘adult’ for kids? Well, no.”
The Gender Unicorn, created by the educational resources for transgender students, shows a purple unicorn cartoon next to a sliding scale that students can use to evaluate attributes such as “gender identity” and “gender expression.”
Meanwhile, ladies McCall Her dismissal has been appealed and is exploring possible legal actions to accuse Texas A&M Violating her constitutional rights, contract agreements and academic freedom.
“professor McCall’s The course content is exactly in line with the catalog and course description and she never instructed her to change the course content in any way, form or form. McCall I have taught this course successfully, and others have been successful for many years without any challenges. ”
Some academic freedom advocates and Texas A&M The professor occupied one of the professor and believed that her firing was an unjust suppression of freedom of speech.
“Governor Greg Abbott “Texas lawmakers have called on fire professors they disagree with, and they are policing the government’s thoughts,” the American Association of University Professors said in a statement on September 11.
