Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement with a Black journalism professor who said her tenured position offer fell apart after backlash to her work on diversity and equity efforts, the ...

A university report found that fears of a conservative backlash botched the effort to hire a Black professor, Kathleen McElroy, to run its journalism program. By Stephanie Saul Texas A&M University ...

For Texas A&M University, the cost of caving to a racist backlash is $1 million. That’s the amount the school has agreed to pay to Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalism professor who accepted a ...

Texas A&M has agreed to pay Dr. Kathleen McElroy $1 million following a botched attempt to hire her to direct its journalism school. News of the settlement comes days after A&M's board of regents ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) -On Thursday, the Texas A&M University System acknowledged and apologized for errors made during the hiring process of a professor recruited to head the university’s new ...

A journalism professor who was involved in a controversy that rocked Texas A&M reached a settlement of $1 million with the university after it reneged on its initial offer. Over the summer, black ...

Texas A&M has been feeling the heat since announcing its plans to revive its journalism department through the hiring of former New York Times editor and veteran journalist Dr. Kathleen McElroy. Now, ...

Kathleen McElroy was appointed head of a journalism program at the university. But then her work in D.E.I. seemed to come into question. By Stephanie Saul Kathleen McElroy, who had recently served as ...

Texas A&M has negotiated an updated settlement agreement with Dr. Kathleen McElroy and selected a new interim president following a special meeting of the board of regents on Sunday. The announcement ...

Several high-level Texas A&M University System officials — including the board of regents and the flagship campus’ president — were involved in discussions about how to handle a Black journalism ...

Texas A&M University has reached a $1 million settlement with Kathleen McElroy, after an internal report found it had mismanaged her hiring. Following an internal investigation of the bungled and ...

MCELROY MAKES SCHOLARSHIP POSSIBLE: Pictured left to right are Dr. Annie Laurie McElroy; Jim Glass, SRTC President; and Christina Reneau, SRTC Executive Director of Institutional Advancement.