Texas A&M President Mark Welsh Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Gender Identity Lecture and Faculty Firings
Texas A&M President Mark Welsh Resigns Amid Turmoil Over Gender Identity Lecture and Faculty Firings COLLEGE STATION, TX – Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III resigned on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 18, 2025, following intense scrutiny and political pressure stemming from a controversy involving a professor’s gender identity lecture and subsequent faculty terminations. His departure caps a week of escalating tensions that have raised significant questions about academic freedom and political influence within the state’s public university system. The…