Texas A&M University President Katherine Banks is resigning amid the fallout from the recent failed woke hiring of former New York Times editor and DEI proponent Kathleen McElroy.
Texas A&M University President Katherine Banks is resigning amid the fallout from the recent failed woke hiring of former“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her Thursday resignation letter, according to aProfessor Kathleen McElroy
Banks was often met with pushback over the direction she was taking the university. The fallout over McElroy’s hiring, which garnered national media attention, was simply the culmination of Banks’ two-year tenure at Texas A&M.last week, McElroy was appointed to be the head of the journalism program at Texas A&M, but later had her contract reduced from five years to one year, after her woke history came to light.
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