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Texas A&M University System regents approved a policy requiring campus presidents to sign off on courses discussing race, gender, or sexual orientation.

The new rules, sparked by a professor's secret recording, also prohibit faculty from teaching material that deviates from the approved syllabus.

Faculty and free speech experts have expressed concerns that the vague language could chill academic freedom and censor topics like the Holocaust.

Texas A&M University System regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a new policy that will require each campus president to sign off on any course that could be seen as advocating for "race and gender ideology or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity."

The policy defines race ideology as “attempts to sham

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