Jessica Priest
Chronicle of Higher Education
Nearly a year into his tenure as Texas Tech’s chancellor, Brandon Creighton was still making the case that he was the right man for the job. As chair of the Senate Education Committee, Creighton spearheaded laws aimed at curbing what GOP leaders saw as liberal influence on campuses and making college degrees worth their cost — an overhaul his supporters say is unmatched by other states.
Now, from inside one of the university systems he once regulated, Creighton is going further than the laws he wrote require, positioning Texas Tech as a model for other universities. One of Creighton’s first acts as chancellor was to require faculty across Texas Tech’s five campuses to seek approval before teaching lessons involving gender identity, sexual orientation, or certain ideas about race and sex.
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