Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks stated she’d retire immediately, because 'the negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”
TexasBRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks turned in her resignation letter on Thursday after the botched hiring of a Black journalist.
Dr. Kathleen McElroy, a former New York Times editor, had been selected to revive the school’s journalism department. But the negotiations that were made between her and the university fell through when her job details changed. The possibility of tenure was taken off the table, and instead she was offered a one-year professor of practice appointment, with an option to renew.
Banks stated she’d retire immediately, because "the negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”are targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campus. That includes Texas, where Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill in June that dismantles program offices at public colleges.
The A&M System said in a statement that Banks told faculty leaders this week that she took responsibility for the “flawed hiring process” of McElroy. The statement said “a wave of national publicity” suggested that McElroy “was a victim of ‘anti-woke’ hysteria and outside interference in the faculty hiring process.”this month that pushback had surfaced over her hiring at A&M because of her work on race and diversity in newsrooms.
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