得克萨斯州旗舰公立大学的决定受招生低迷和州联邦官员的政治压力推动
2026年9月18日 美国东部夏令时12:35 / 福克斯新闻
作者：罗伯特·施马德 福克斯新闻
民调中，布朗将激进灌输、教授的政治偏见以及大学学位的高昂成本列为关键因素。报告指出哈佛师资压倒性的自由派倾向引发了对客观教学的担忧。
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得克萨斯州旗舰公立大学将停止招收三个专注于性别、性与种族研究专业的新生，这一举措被许多保守派人士誉为重大胜利。
该校已向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，申请德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的学生如今无法再将妇女与性别研究、墨西哥裔及拉丁裔研究、非洲及非洲散居群体研究作为专业选择。此前已有多所大学停办类似专业，奥斯汀分校内部也围绕是否保留这些专业展开了激烈讨论。
“为配合社会与文化分析系的学位设置调整，本校将不再招收墨西哥裔及拉丁裔研究、非洲及非洲散居群体研究以及妇女与性别研究三个专业的新生，”该校发言人对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
“正如大家预料的那样，这些专业已从本校的招生申请表中移除，以避免新生申请正在调整的专业。目前已就读这些专业的学生仍可完成学业，”声明补充道。
报告：高校自由派教师仍远超保守派
2025年8月25日周一，学生在开学首日走在德克萨斯大学校园内。（杰伊·詹纳/奥斯汀美国政治家报 盖蒂图片社摄）
“我不了解奥斯汀分校相关项目的具体情况，但这一消息并不意外。整个英语世界的族裔与性研究长期以来都被政治活动家所裹挟，”杜克大学经济学与政治学教授蒂莫尔·库兰在X平台上写道，“其他州立大学，甚至私立大学，都会效仿此举。”
招生低迷是围绕这些项目的广泛争议的一部分，尽管奥斯汀分校并未公开将其作为停止招收新生的理由。
今年早些时候，《奥斯汀美国政治家报》援引该校内部数据报道称，非洲及非洲散居群体研究、墨西哥裔及拉丁裔研究、妇女与性别研究以及美国研究这几个专业的全体在校生仅307人。这一数字仅占该校2025年秋季44315名本科生的不到1%。
作为全美规模最大的大学之一，奥斯汀分校还面临着共和党籍州及联邦官员越来越大的压力，要求其就种族、性别及其他政治敏感议题的处理方式作出解释。得克萨斯大学系统已审查性别认同相关课程，以评估其是否符合州联邦法律及董事会的优先事项。
《奥斯汀美国政治家报》获得的一封内部邮件显示，尽管这些专业可能即将停办，但大部分课程内容可能会保留。该计划似乎是将已停办的专业整合为单一课程项目。
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一名学生走在得克萨斯州奥斯汀的大学校园内。（盖蒂图片社）
“性别与族裔研究改变了人文与社会科学的研究方式，如今它们已是现状，”该校妇女与性别研究系主任莉萨·摩尔在整合计划宣布前表示，“我们无法抹去已知的知识……认为只有一小部分人对世界上所有美好事物负责的想法是站不住脚的。”
不出所料，保守派对该领域的看法并不乐观。
美国董事与校友理事会研究员史蒂夫·麦奎尔称，撤销这些专业是“符合教学法责任的举措”。
“这是极好的消息。这些项目并非‘观点多样性’，它们是毫无意义的左翼妄想，在追求真理的学府中毫无立足之地，”异端社会科学研究中心研究员J.D.哈尔蒂根在X平台上写道，“所有高等教育机构都应彻底废除这些专业。”
特朗普政府提议取消使用种族相关项目的学校的免税资格
2025年，在奥斯汀分校举办的年度以色列街区派对上，学生们遭遇了具有破坏性的反以色列抗议者。（福克斯新闻）
一些右翼人士将此视为未来趋势的预兆。
“每个红色州都应效仿本国大学的做法，”独立学者瓦拉德·梅塔在X平台上写道。
事实上，已有多所红色州的大学缩减了类似项目。德克萨斯农工大学、威奇托州立大学、爱荷华大学和托莱多大学均已做出此类削减。
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福克斯新闻数字频道周五联系奥斯汀分校置评，但未得到回应。
‘Leftist delusions’ face reckoning as one of America’s biggest colleges makes major shake-up
Low enrollment and political pressure from state and federal leaders drove the flagship Texas university’s decision
September 18, 2026 12:35pm EDT / Fox News
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Texas’ flagship public university is ending new enrollment in three majors focused on gender, sexuality and race in a move that is being hailed by many conservatives as a major victory.
Students applying to the University of Texas at Austin can no longer select Women’s and Gender Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies or African and African Diaspora Studies as majors, the institution has confirmed to Fox News Digital. The move follows a slew of other universities dropping similar majors and heated internal deliberations at UT Austin about whether to keep theirs.
“In recognition of the changing degree offerings in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, the University is no longer enrolling new students in three majors: Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies,” a university spokesman told Fox News Digital.
“So, as you might expect, those majors have been removed from the University’s admissions applications to avoid new students enrolling in majors that are changing. Students currently enrolled in those majors will be able to complete their degree,” the statement continued.
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University of Texas students walk through campus on the first day of classes on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.(Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
“I don’t know the particulars of UT Austin’s programs. But this news is unsurprising. Across the Anglosphere, ethnic and sexuality studies have long been captured by political activists,” Timur Kuran, a professor of economics and political science at Duke University, wrote on X. “Other state universities, and even private ones, will follow.”
Low enrollment has been part of the broader debate over the programs, although UT Austin has not publicly said it was the reason for ending new enrollment in the three majors.
Earlier this year, the Austin American-Statesman reported that the university had just 307 students enrolled across the entirety of African and African diaspora studies, Mexican American and Latino studies, women and gender studies and American studies, citing institutional data. That represents less than 1% of the 44,315 undergraduates who were enrolled at the university in fall 2025.
UT Austin, which is one of the largest universities in the nation, has also faced growing pressure from Republican state and federal officials over how it handles race, gender and other politically sensitive subjects. The University of Texas System has reviewed courses on gender identity to assess compliance with state and federal law and alignment with Board of Regents priorities.
An internal email obtained by the Austin American-Statesman indicates that, while the majors may be on the way out, much of the coursework could remain. The plan appears to be to consolidate the defunct majors into a single offering.
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“Gender and ethnic studies have transformed the study of the humanities and social sciences, and now they are what they are,” Lisa Moore, the university’s chair of women and gender studies, said prior to the consolidation announcement. “We can’t unknow what we know… It’s just not the case that we can believe that only a small slice of human beings are responsible for everything that’s good about the world.”
Conservatives, unsurprisingly, have a less rosy view of the field.
Steve McGuire, a fellow at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, called axing the majors “the pedagogically responsible thing to do.”
“Excellent news. These programs are not ‘viewpoint diversity.’ They are ridiculous Leftist delusion[s] that have no place in truth-seeking institutions,” J.D. Haltigan, a research fellow at the Centre for Heterodox Social Science, wrote on X. “They should be abolished entirely from every institution of higher-learning.”
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Some on the right see this as a sign of things to come.
“Every red state should follow suit with their universities,” independent scholar Varad Mehta wrote on X.
Indeed, a number of universities in red states have already scaled back similar programs. Texas A&M University, Wichita State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Toledo are among the institutions to make such cuts.
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UT Austin did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Friday.
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