Two high‑profile faculty discipline cases in Texas produced divergent institutional outcomes and renewed scrutiny of academic freedom, tenure procedures and political pressure on campuses. At Texas A&M, an internal committee concluded the university lacked justification when it fired an English professor after conservative criticism of classroom content and affirmed due‑process failings. Separately, Texas State University’s governing board upheld the termination of a tenured history professor for remarks at an outside event, a decision that faculty groups and free‑speech advocates called a chilling precedent. Both cases followed political interventions and social‑media amplification that forced rapid institutional responses. University trustees and legal offices now face pressure to clarify appeals processes, document academic‑freedom protections, and publish transparent procedures for politically sensitive personnel actions.