Several Texas universities still requiring DEI courses for graduation

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) platforms have overrun the school system in the last few years, mostly under direction of the former Biden Administration. They have pumped millions into these DEI programs in some fruitless effort to look inclusive, or 'hip,' with the times. All of it has essentially become indoctrination for students, as they are taught that white people are evil, and the bane of existence.

Many schools have embedded this in their universities across Texas, even as Texas law bans them from doing so. The law, passed a few years ago, essentially bans DEI departments, and other various pushes of the platform on students. Schools have mostly followed suit in removing many of these DEI hires and departments, but plenty have found their way around the system. In fact, five Texas universities are still requiring DEI-related courses for graduation.

Those would be the Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, the University of North Texas, and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), according to The Goldwater Institute's findings. Cameron Abrams of The Texan says these courses have come about because the schools are abusing a loophole in the state law banning DEI practices at schools.

"Under the law, it is just the offices themselves, not necessarily specific classes or courses," he says.

Some of those courses include "Cultural Diversity in the United States," and "Diversity and Global Issues." All to graduate from college, a degree for which you pay. Courses that have no real world application, and are, in simplest words, completely useless.

This is nothing new, though. Schools like UT, and even Texas A&M, are guilty of skirting state law to continue pushing the DEI wave. But those days are coming to an end.

Some lawmakers are waking up to the fact that this loophole is being abused by schools and are taking action to close it.

"Representative Cody Harris has introduced legislation at restricting how public institutions of higher education incorporate these courses into their curriculum, and he actually has a bill that would prohibit mandatory inclusion," says Abrams.

But this needs more than an overhaul. Schools need to stop pushing these courses on students, especially pushing them as a requirement for some degrees.

In a letter released this week to the boards of regents at Texas universities, State Senators Brandon Creighton and Paul Bettencourt, said they found that 'reports were not found to be satisfactory,' in terms of being in compliance with state law. The also outlined the repercussions of continuing to do so.

"They will be freezing funds to institutes of public higher education until the parameters are found to be satisfactory," says Abrams.

Other states have imposed similar DEI laws like Texas has, showing that parents and lawmakers alike are saying enough is enough. The end of it is coming soon, and Texas universities need to get in line with the times.