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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.

A university report found that fears of a conservative backlash botched the effort to hire a Black professor, Kathleen McElroy, to run its journalism program.

After a failed attempt to employ a notable Black professor to head the institution's journalism programme, Texas A&M institution said on Thursday that senior university administrators had made "significant mistakes" out of fear of criticism from conservatives. The settlement with Professor Kathleen McElroy was reported to be for $1 million.

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents voted unanimously Sunday evening to make acting President Mark A. Welsh III the interim-president of its flagship university, 10 days after former

When asked if he would take the permanent president position if he was offered it, welsh said quote "I'd be privileged to be the president of Texas A&M University".

Watch now as Texas A&M interim president Mark Welsh shares the university’s plans to move forward after recent events.

When Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp called Mark Welsh III on July 20 to see if he would step in as A&M’s acting president, Welsh said he needed to do

Journalism professor Kathleen McElroy rescinded her resignation at UT following the failure of her deal with Texas A&M University, and the future of A&M’s journalism program remains unknown. The Texas Tribune announced McElroy’s decision to split with A&M in an article released on July 11. This came abruptly after the school held a public celebratory...

Recent email exchanges show tension between a Texas A&M University administrator and two distinguished professors and are in light of recent events over the botched hiring of Kathleen McElroy.

Mark A. Welsh III was appointed as interim president following M. Katherine Banks' resignation after a botched hiring of a professor.