University of Texas System to restrict teaching ‘unnecessarily controversial subjects’
The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents on Thursday approved a rule requiring its universities to allow students to graduate without studying "unnecessarily controversial subjects."The rule, approved unanimously, also states that faculty must include the topics they plan to teach in their syllabi and follow that plan throughout the course, according to The Texas Tribune. When courses include controversial subject matter, instructors are directed to take a "broad and […]