COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Texas A &M University's president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children's literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor's firing .

The resignation of school president Mark A. Welsh III was announced Thursday by Texas A &M University System Chancellor Glenn Hegar, who said it was "the right moment for change" at one of the nation's largest universities.

Hegar did not mention the video in a statement. But Welsh's departure comes after the video thrust his campus into turmoil and put him under criticism by some Republican lawmakers, including the state's lieutenant governor.

"Together, we believe this transition is necessary to ensure Texas A &M is well positioned for the fut

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