Texas University President Forced Out Over Diversity

The New York Times reports:

Texas A&M University said on Friday that its president would retire “immediately” after fallout surrounding political pushback of a new director of its journalism program because of her work promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.

The announcement came just days after the school’s faculty senate passed a resolution to create a fact-finding committee to look “into the mishandling” of the hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a University of Texas professor and a former editor at The New York Times.

Within weeks of the original offer, the agreement began to unravel. At least one conservative Texas A&M alumni group, the Rudder Association, said it had filed a complaint about Dr. McElroy’s appointment because of her advocacy work.

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Texas A&M University said on Friday that its president, Katherine Banks, would retire “immediately” after the appointment of a new director of its journalism school led to a conservative outcry. https://t.co/L9rGaHt569

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 21, 2023

BREAKING: @TAMU president M. Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor:https://t.co/qozRQBP3pZ

— Kate McGee Balagia (@McGeeReports) July 21, 2023