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A&M’s shameful treatment of Kathleen McElroy is the start of a backward-turning era for higher education.

The Texas A&M University System issued staff guidance earlier this month on how to comply with the state's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion

Under new leadership, the College of Arts and Sciences looks to further integrate the different colleges and expand hiring, with the Interim Dean Mark Zoran, Ph.D., emphasizing communication and collaboration.

THE CLASSROOM – Welcome, students, to the first class in Journalism 101 here at Texas A&M. As you may know, this school once had a Department of Journalism, but it

The dishonesty of Kathy Banks related to a failed hire ultimately ended her presidency at Texas A&M. But tensions over her leadership had simmered for nearly two years. Last month, as they sought details on what happened in a failed hiring effort, members of the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate suspected they weren’t getting the full story from top administrators.

Zoran, a professor of biology, has been executive associate dean in arts and sciences since June 2022 and has served the past two decades in college and university administration.

With an internal review report released Thursday by the Texas A&M Office of General Counsel, new records highlight how an unusual level of intervention from the TAMU board of regents, other conservative voices, and fears over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), played a key role in the botched hiring of UT Professor Kathleen McElroy.

Multiple Texas A&M University System regents voiced concerns about the perceived left-leaning credentials of Kathleen O. McElroy, a Black journalism professor, hired to launch a new journalism program at their flagship school, according to an internal report released Thursday. Top system leaders questioned the decision after a conservative website blasted the hiring of McElroy, a […]

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

An internal review of Texas A&M's botched hiring of Black journalist and scholar Kathleen McElroy after conservative backlash stated mistakes were made but said race wasn't a factor.