Texas Tech restricts classroom race, gender instruction
Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton issued a Monday memo limiting how instructors may teach topics related to race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation, barring the 'promotion' of specified concepts and creating a new approval process for course content that touches those areas. The policy defines 'promotion' as presenting those beliefs as correct or required and pressuring students to affirm them, routes content through department chairs, deans and the provost with Board of Regents review/notification, and warns noncompliance may result in discipline as the system prepares for the spring semester.
đ Key Facts
- Memo dated Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 from Chancellor Brandon Creighton sets restrictions on race/sex/gender instruction
- Bans 'promotion' of concepts including inherent superiority/inferiority, collective guilt, and meritocracy as oppression; defines 'promotion' explicitly
- Establishes a flowchart approval process requiring department, dean, provost review and Board of Regents involvement; violations may lead to discipline
đ Relevant Data
At Texas Tech University, the enrolled student population is 51.1% White, 26.9% Hispanic or Latino, 5.68% Black or African American, 4% Two or More Races, and 3.32% Asian.
Texas Tech University - Data USA â Data USA
In Texas four-year institutions in 2023, only 29% of African American students graduated in four years, compared to higher rates for Asian students (around 60%) and White students.
State report shows which students are lagging behind at Texas colleges â KXAN
On the Mathematics Section of the SAT in 2025, African Americans scored an average of 440, which was 87 points lower than the mean score for Whites (527).
The Racial Gap in Scores on the SAT College Entrance Examination â The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
In Texas, 54% of Hispanic students and 42% of Black students at public universities graduate in six years compared to higher rates for White students.
Grading Texas education requires a closer look behind the numbers â Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Texas population grew by 4.7% from April 2020 to July 2023, reaching 30.5 million, with Hispanics recently becoming the largest population group due to migration trends.
Understanding Texas' Population Growth â Texas 2036