The gubernatorially appointed boards that oversee Texas universities may soon gain new powers to control the curriculum required of students and eliminate degree programs.

The legislation sent to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday marks the latest effort among Republican-led states to reshape higher education institutions that they assert have been promoting liberal ideology. It follows similar moves in Florida and Ohio.

The state actions come as President Donald Trump’s administration also has injected itself into higher education, leveraging federal funding and its student visa authority to clamp down on campus activism and stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Some professors argue that the moves violate the principles of academic freedom that many universities have ad

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