The American Association of University Professors said an AAUP committee is investigating alleged academic freedom and shared-governance violations across Texas colleges following restrictions on faculty teaching and governance. AAUP national president Todd Wolfson said the concerns have accelerated in the last nine months and could prompt censure of administrations. The investigation will examine how Senate Bill 37 and related state actions are being implemented, including limits on faculty councils and senates, board intervention into academic affairs, restrictions on protest and campus speech, and closures of academic programs. Wolfson described the available record as suggesting systematic interference not addressable case-by-case. SB 37 overhauls faculty councils and senates by placing creation authority with governing boards and giving presidents control over top officers and meeting operations, with mixed service-term rules for presidential appointees versus faculty-elected members. The inquiry signals a new phase of national scrutiny for Texas higher education governance structures at the exact moment state policy is reshaping institutional decision rights.