Texas A&M College mentioned Friday its president will step down “instantly” following a scandal over political resistance from the brand new director of its journalism program over her work to advertise variety, equity and inclusion.
President M. Katherine Banks submitted her resignation late Thursday evening, the college mentioned in an announcement. The announcement comes simply days after the college’s school senate handed a decision organising a fact-finding committee to analyze the “mishandling” of the hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a College of Texas professor and former editor of The New York Instances.
Inside weeks of the preliminary proposal, the settlement started to crumble. A minimum of one conservative Texas A&M alumni group, the Rudder Affiliation, mentioned it filed a criticism towards Dr. McElroy’s appointment due to her advocacy work. Dr. McElroy instructed The Instances that her phrases of employment had been renegotiated to supply her a one-year contract. She determined to return to her everlasting place on the College of Texas.
The Texas Tribune was the primary to report on the controversy.
That is an evolving story. Keep tuned.
