Texas A&M University president resigns after Black journalist's hiring at campus unravels
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July 21, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University on Friday announced the resignation of its president in the fallout over a Black journalist who said her celebrated hiring at one of the nation's largest campuses quickly unraveled due to pushback over her past work promoting diversity.
President Katherine Banks said in a resignation letter that she was retiring immediately because "negative press has become a distraction" at the nearly 70,000-student campus in College Station.
Her departure after two years as president followed weeks of turmoil at Texas A&M, which only last month had welcomed professo...
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