Jay RosenJul 21, 2023

Amazing story. Have you followed it?

Texas A&M announces a new journalism dean. She's black and she's qualified— and an alum of the school! Ex-New York Times too.

They announce her appointment in a splashy event.

Dark forces of reaction mobilize.

The offer is watered down to one year, with no tenure. She says no way, and withdraws. National news is made. It's negative. And today, the president of A&M resigns!

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/tamu-president-resign-journalism/

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/11/texas-a-m-kathleen-mcelroy-journalism/

#journalism #uspol #science

Texas 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.”

The Texas Tribune
Show threadJay RosenJul 22, 2023

An even more incredible turn in the Texas A&M story, after the president of the University resigned July 20.

The current chair of the journalism department, who recruited Dr. McElroy, released a statement accusing the former president of rank duplicity.

More serious: he says someone altered the draft offer letter to reduce the McElroy appointment from five years to one, without telling him.

It's his signature on the letter.

Read his statement:

#journalism #uspol #texas #science

Show threadJohn [He, Him, His] 🌈👨🏼‍🔬🧬🧫🧪💻Jul 22, 2023
@jayrosen_nyu sounds like the kind of thing that could be criminal? Altering his letter but keeping the signature could be fraud or some kind of identity theft?
Show threadMirishuliJul 22, 2023
@no1lion99 @jayrosen_nyu Exactly. Which is why I assume she resigned immediately, knowing the forensic evidence will eventually surface. Why would she do such a thing?
Show threadPeter Bronez

yeahhhhh.

“What if the institution’s top executive decides to surreptitiously manipulate this document to illegally discriminate against a Protected Class?” Is not very high on the recruiting priority list / threat model.

@MiriShuli @no1lion99 @jayrosen_nyu

Jul 23, 2023 at 12:02amWeb