The president of Texas A&M University is retiring after a deal to hire a director of its journalism program fell apart and drew complaints of political interference.
“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” M. Katherine Banks, who had led Texas A&M since 2021, said in a statement. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”Texas A&M announced in June that it had hired McElroy, who also is an alumna of the university, to lead the journalism program.
recently that his client agreed to the role after hearing “the regents were resistant” to awarding her tenure.
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