" Students and professors defend Texas A&M President Mark Welsh amid calls for his ousting " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Top faculty members and student leaders issued letters of support for Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III on Wednesday as several Republican lawmakers have called for his firing.

The letters come after more than a week of turmoil at Texas A&M, after a video of a student confronting a professor over gender identity material being taught in a children’s literature class went viral online. They also come ahead of a university system regents’ meeting in which they are set to discuss pers

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