Texas A&M System trustees approved a sweeping policy restricting classroom instruction that “advocates” certain race- and gender-related ideologies, and faculty governance bodies immediately raised alarms about academic freedom. The policy, adopted after a viral classroom confrontation that prompted a professor’s firing, requires prior administrative approval for courses that the system deems to be advocating covered topics. Faculty at the College-level and the system’s faculty council have since pushed back, arguing the administration used course-content claims as a pretext to remove an instructor. The faculty council’s report concluded the documented grounds for dismissal were inconsistent with procedural norms and that political pressure drove the decision. The dispute highlights an intensifying national battle over classroom control, free-speech guarantees and university disciplinary process.