Texas A&M moves to end Women's and Gender Studies degree program

Texas A&M offered a bachelor of arts degree, a bachelor of science degree, an undergraduate minor and a graduate certificate in the program, according to the newspaper. The outlet reported that the program has 25 students seeking a major and 31 seeking a minor.

The university launched a comprehensive course review for the Spring 2026 semester, examining 5,400 syllabi to ensure compliance with its "Civil Rights Protections and Compliance" and "Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure" policies. It said that hundreds of syllabi across 17 colleges and schools within the university had been modified to meet policy requirements. Additionally, the university gave deans of schools and colleges the opportunity to request exemptions for non-core curriculum courses. The deans forwarded 54 courses to the university's president, and ultimately 48 exceptions were granted.

"The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will not tolerate actions that damage the reputation of our institutions," the school system said at the time. "The Board has called for immediate and decisive steps to ensure that what happened this week will not be repeated. To that end, the Regents have asked the Chancellor to audit every course and ensure full compliance with all applicable laws."

Fox News Digital reached out to Texas A&M for comment.

Fox News Digital's Greg Norman-Diamond and Rachel del Guidice contributed to this report.