The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the effort to appoint Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program.

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    1 year ago

    Am I missing something, or is the president resigning over having hired someone who are for LGBTQ+ and other minority rights? Is that what people are outraged over? How conservative is the university board that this was ever considered an issue?

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      1 year ago

      Well, it’s Texas, so…

      But yeah, that seems accurate. Even though she was primarily a regular journalist who also worked on race stories.