@jayrosen_nyu See the followup: “Race was a factor in Black professor’s failed hiring, Texas A&M department head says”. I have a strong suspicion that the former president did exactly what the board of regents and the conservative alumni groups wanted. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/banks-tamu-journalism-hire/
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Race was a factor in Black professor’s failed hiring, Texas A&M department head says

Hart Blanton, the head of the university’s department of communications and journalism, also said then-President M. Katherine Banks interfered with the recruitment of journalist Kathleen McElroy.

The Texas Tribune