Kathleen McElroy, Ph.D., was set to lead Texas A&M’s journalism program into the future, reviving the major after a 19-year hiatus, signing off on the position on June 13. But
“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”
After a week of turmoil over the botched hiring of a black journalist to revive the Texas A&M University journalism department, M. Katherine Banks resigned as the university’s president.
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