Overview

• Chancellor Glenn Hegar said Thursday that Mark A. Welsh III submitted his resignation and praised his service while calling the timing right for a change.
• The Board of Regents plans to appoint an interim president and launch a national search in the coming days as a systemwide course audit proceeds.
• The turmoil was sparked Sept. 8 by video shared by Rep. Brian Harrison of a student confronting a professor over gender-identity content, plus audio of Welsh initially refusing to fire the instructor.
• Welsh fired senior lecturer Melissa McCoul on Sept. 9 and removed Dean Mark Zoran and English chair Emily Johansen from administrative roles; McCoul has appealed.
• Republican leaders including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick publicly pressed for Welsh’s removal, while distinguished faculty and student leaders sent letters urging regents to retain him.