In recent months, the Texas Tech system has passed comprehensive restrictions on how faculty can teach about gender, sexuality and race.
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Faculty in the Texas Tech University System are accusing university leaders of violating their First Amendment rights and of racial discrimination.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the Texas American Association of University Professors–American Federation of Teachers argued that system policies outlining new curricular reviews and course content guidelines amount to “an extraordinary system of censorship in higher education.”
“Professors in the Texas Tech University System are prohibited from teaching the most basic scholarship, while at the same time not fully comprehending the contours of prohibitions that place them under threat of losing their employment and livelihood,” the lawsuit states.
