Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University's president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children's literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor's firing.

The committees were made to honor slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and come as university faculty have come under online scrutiny.

The state isn't providing schools with guidance and advocates say students who still qualify for lower rates are being asked to pay thousands more.

While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty's influence on campuses.

The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students' eligibility for in-state tuition. It's unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

Lawmakers also approved direct pay for student athletes and sought better pathways from college to the workforce.

Advocates and policy groups argue ending in-state tuition for students without legal status will hurt the state's economy.

Colleges across Texas have been waiting patiently for the dynamics to change when it comes to athlete compensation with the approval of the House v. NCAA settlement.

Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice sued to block Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the two parties had filed a joint motion asking a court to permanently end the policy.

House Bill 126, which allows student athletes to receive a slice of the billions Texas colleges generate in revenue from their teams, now awaits the governor's signature.