An association of Texas A&M faculty on Friday condemned the university’s administration for its role in failed contract negotiations with renowned journalist, Kathleen O. McElroy, who walked away from an offer to reboot its journalism department.
A faculty organization at Texas A&M University in College Station said its worried the institution has bowed to outside influences in hiring.
In a letter obtained by The Texas Tribune, Tracy Hammond, speaker for the Texas A&M Faculty Senate, said the group’s executive committee “decries the appearance of outside influence in the hiring and promotion of faculty.” Hammond, in the letter addressed to both the university’s president, M. Katherine Banks, and chancellor, John Sharp, said faculty members were worried about the precedent this event sets.Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then backtracked after “DEI hysteria”“We believe we share the common goal of preserving Texas A&M University as a premier institution with an outstanding reputation,” Hammond said.
McElroy’s decision to end contract negotiations is a dramatic reversal to the celebrated welcome she received after A&M first publicly announced she was leaving her position at UT-Austin to revive the A&M journalism program. And at least one known alumni association publicly acknowledged its concern over McElroy’s potential hiring.
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