The Texas State University Board of Regents ratified the termination of tenured history professor Thomas Alter after the campus president concluded his speech at a socialist conference constituted incitement. The decision follows Alter’s initial firing, reinstatement pending review, and a faculty appeal that argued the university bypassed standard investigatory processes. Faculty governance groups and AAUP chapters criticized the regents’ decision as evidence of eroding academic freedom in Texas, citing parallel recent dismissals at other state institutions. The ruling sends an immediate signal to faculty governance and tenure protections nationally, particularly at public universities operating under politically charged state oversight.