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University of Texas at Austin to no longer offer women’s studies major, among others

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The University of Texas at Austin will no longer enroll new students in its Women’s & Gender Studies major, along with two other majors focusing on Mexican American and Latina/o studies and African and African Diaspora studies. A university spokesperson stated these changes are due to modifications within the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis. Students currently pursuing these degrees can finish their programs, but faculty received no advance notice about this decision.

Written by AI on 2026-09-19, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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The University of Texas at Austin has stopped accepting new enrollments for three majors focusing on gender, sexuality, and race: Women’s & Gender Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, and African and African Diaspora Studies. This decision follows a trend seen at other universities and comes after internal discussions about the direction of these programs. Current students in these majors will still be able to complete their degrees. The university spokesperson cited “changing degree offerings” within the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis as the reason for this shift, which also includes the elimination of a fourth major, Race, Indigeneity and Migration Studies, according to reports from Inside Higher Ed. Faculty involved in these majors were not given prior notice about the changes, causing concern among some academic staff.

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“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.

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🔮 “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,” the statement continues.

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University of Texas at Austin to no longer offer women’s studies major, among others · mixed framing

Claims (9 extracted, 3 hedged)

Future University of Texas Longhorns can no longer enroll in three majors previously offered by the university, with a spokesperson saying the majors “are changing.” asserted

majors → enroll → university

spokesman → change → 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,” the statement continues. uncertain

statement → expect → majors

“Students currently enrolled in those majors will be able to complete their degree.” asserted

Students → enrol → degree

Reporting from Inside Higher Ed indicates that a fourth major, Race, Indigeneity and Migration, will also be axed from the university. asserted

major → report → university

Faculty members within the majors are becoming part of a newly consolidated department and were given no prior warning, according to the article. uncertain

members → become → article

In an email shared with Inside Higher Ed, Danielle Clealand, the interim chairwoman of the Social and Cultural Department, told faculty members on Tuesday that the provost’s office “rejected our proposal to keep our majors.” asserted

office → share → majors

Dan Brinks, the interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts, suggested the department instead create an “ethnic studies major with tracks or a SCA major with tracks,” Clealand told faculty members in the email. uncertain

Clealand → suggest → email

The Washington Examiner reached out to the university for comment. asserted

Examiner → reach → comment