The Texas A&M University system is among the six reviewing their curricula. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | AtipatChantarak/iStock/Getty Images

As conservative Texas politicians identify and target faculty who teach about gender identity, officials at six Texas public university systems have ordered reviews of curriculum, syllabi and course descriptions.

The impetus is clear: Texas A&M University fired a professor , demoted two administrators and pushed out its president after conservative politicians lambasted the institution for a lesson on gender identity in a children’s literature class. Their criticism hinged on the fact that the topic was not reflected in the brief course catalog description for the class. Before he resigned , Texas A&M president Mark

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