Texas Governor Greg Abbott is threatening to force out Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III over the university's apparent attempt to send students to a conference that the governor claims violates the state's new diversity, equity and inclusion ban. University emails, posted online by a conservative activist, ask for staff and PhD students willing to represent the university at a conference run by the PhD Project, which limits participation to those who are Black, Hispanic or Native American. Abbott, who signed a law banning diversity hiring programs and DEI initiatives in public higher education, cannot directly fire Welsh but appoints the university regents whom Welsh answers to.
Gov. Greg Abbott is threatening to force out Texas A&M University President Mark Welsh III over the university's apparent attempt to send students to a conference the governor said flouted the state's new diversity, equity and inclusion ban.
'It’s against Texas law and violates the US Constitution. It will be fixed immediately or the president will soon be gone.' Abbott cannot directly fire Welsh, but the governor appoints the university regents whom Welsh answers to. Abbott in 2023 signed a law banning diversity hiring programs, DEI training and DEI offices in public higher education.
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