Texas A&M announced it will end its women’s and gender studies program and cancel six classes as part of a sweeping curricular review that limits how faculty may teach race and gender. Interim President Tommy Williams said the moves followed a review of 5,400 courses and were aimed at restoring “public trust” in degrees. Faculty and students protested on campus, arguing the policy infringes on academic freedom; the university counters that most affected courses received exceptions and that the cancellations amount to 0.11% of this semester’s offerings. The university said 48 of 54 exception requests were granted and attributed the program closure in part to limited student interest. The announcement follows a viral classroom confrontation and months of scrutiny after the university system’s board approved the new instructional rules in November. Advocates and the local AAUP chapter, led by Leonard Bright, warned the changes narrow scholarly inquiry and risk chilling research and teaching across multiple colleges.