Colt McCoy Is Now Quarterbacking Texas Higher Education Policy

Texas public universities are in crisis. For years, campuses have been roiled by fights over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives, censorship, and pro-Palestine protests. Professors across the state have been disciplined or fired for teaching banned subjects. In January, Texas A&M warned philosophy professor Martin Peterson to remove a reading from Plato’s Symposium from his syllabus because it violated a university ban on gender ideology. “It’s Soviet-style education,” Peterson said. Earlier this month, Governor Greg Abbott thrust former University of Texas at Austin quarterback Colt McCoy into this maelstrom by appointing him to a six-year term on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which oversees the state’s public university systems. The former athlete was an unusual pick. Composed primarily of wealthy Republican donors and business leaders,…

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