Texas A&M University has announced that its president, retired Air Force General Mark A. Welsh III, is to resign on Friday following controversy over his handling of the dispute involving professor Melissa McCoul, who was fired by the university following a viral clip in which a student accused her of illegally teaching "gender ideology."

Newsweek contacted Texas A&M University for comment on Friday via email outside regular office hours.

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In January, Trump signed an executive order saying the federal government recognized only two genders, male and female. The order also required publicly funded bodies to ensure people use single-sex spaces corresponding with their designated sex.

The Trump administration has since initiated a broader crackdown targeting what it calls

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