The president of Texas A&M resigns.
It looks like her role in rescinding a senior faculty job offer because the applicant was black was intolerable to the campus community, to its credit, and it was clear she no longer commanded the respect a college presidency requires to function.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/tamu-president-resign-journalism/
The Texas TribuneTexas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”
@alexwild were they ever called deans in the US, or is president the usual term?
About the case itself, I can't be surprised. I have seen the particular climate within the US universities. Long ways to improve still.
