The new rules require presidential approval for courses that "advocate" race or gender ideology and ban material outside approved syllabi. Students can use a hotline to report course content.
The state audit comes weeks after TSU's former board president took a job as the state's new higher education ombusdman, to investigate colleges and universities for violating anti-DEI laws.
From the University of Houston to Rice, professors are writing their own rules for artificial intelligence in the classroom. Some embrace it as a learning tool; others ban it outright.
President Sinda Vanderpool is the first woman to lead St. Thomas and is stepping into the role amid overlapping crises, from financial losses to a recent cyberattack.