Texas A&M announced it will close its women’s and gender studies program, cancel six classes and require instructors to remove or change course material after a systemwide review of 5,400 courses. Interim President Tommy Williams said the changes restore “public trust,” while faculty and students say the moves restrict academic freedom and erase marginalized voices. The university granted 48 of 54 exception requests but said cancellations affect 0.11% of this semester’s offerings. The policy follows a viral classroom confrontation and a regents-led review that imposed new limits on how professors can teach race and gender. The university framed the decision around low student interest and curricular oversight; faculty groups including the AAUP and student protesters counter that the steps politicize syllabi and could chill hiring, research and course design across multiple colleges.