After the president of Texas A&M University, the state’s largest university, announced his resignation following a week of controversy over a class that included “gender ideology,” several Republican state leaders have publicly backed the call for new leadership.

Mark A. Welsh III, a four-star general who served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Obama administration, is leaving the role after two years serving as president, the A&M University System announced Thursday evening. Welsh’s resignation comes on the heels of a disagreement between a professor and a student over LGBTQ-related curriculum, which was publicized by Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison on X .

In his first comments since his resignation was announced, Welsh thanked the university, its leaders, and its students for

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