A&M's president has resigned after her botched hiring of a former editor to lead the journalism department which ended in her turning down a watered-down deal and complaining she was the victim of 'anti-woke hysteria'. Katherine Banks became the school's president in 2021 and immediately set about restructuring its many departments. She was widely criticized for doing-away with tenured library staff, but was most criticized for her handling of the hiring of Dr. Kathleen McElroy, a veteran journalist and former editor at The New York Times.
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