{"id":1990935,"date":"2023-08-04T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-am-agrees-to-pay-1-million-settlement-to-professor-in-botched-hiring\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T16:45:55","slug":"texas-am-agrees-to-pay-1-million-settlement-to-professor-in-botched-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-am-agrees-to-pay-1-million-settlement-to-professor-in-botched-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M to pay $1 million settlement to professor in hiring mishap."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-am-agrees-to-pay-1-million-settlement-to-professor-in-botched-hiring%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Controversial Settlement: \u2063Texas A&#038;M \u200cReaches $1 Million Agreement with Journalism Professor<\/h2>\n<p>A journalism professor at Texas A&#038;M University has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-project-claims-liz-cheney-could-beat-up-matt-gaetz-with-one-hand-tied-behind-her-back\/\" title=\"Lincoln Project Claims Liz Cheney Could Beat Up Matt Gaetz \u2018With One Hand Tied Behind Her Back\u2019\">recently made headlines<\/a> after reaching \u200da settlement of $1 million with \u200cthe university. This comes after the school reneged on its initial offer, sparking a controversy that rocked the institution.<\/p>\n<h3>A\u200c Passionate Advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Kathleen McElroy, a black journalist, was hired over the summer to lead the school&#8217;s journalism program. However, her appointment quickly \u200bbecame a subject of scrutiny due to her work and advocacy for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. Feeling that her contract had been watered \u2062down, McElroy decided to back out \u200dof the job.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Thursday, Texas A&#038;M \u200cUniversity announced that it had not only reached a settlement of $1 million with McElroy \u200dbut also issued an official apology. The school acknowledged that mistakes were made\u200d during the hiring process and expressed its commitment to learning from these errors.<\/p>\n<h3>A Triumph for McElroy \u2064and Academic Freedom<\/h3>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-letter-by-ted-cruz-and-6-gop-senators-and-4-senators-elect-sign-letter-to-reject-election-call-for-election-commission-10-day-emergency-audit-takes-place\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Letter by Ted Cruz and 6 GOP Senators and 4 Senators-Elect Sign Letter to Reject Election \u2013 Call For Election Commission 10-Day Emergency Audit Takes Place\">joint statement released<\/a> by Texas A&#038;M\u2064 and McElroy, it was revealed that she would be returning as a tenured professor. McElroy expressed her gratitude for the support she received from the Aggie community and hoped that the resolution of her matter would reinforce the university&#8217;s\u2064 dedication to excellence in higher education and its commitment to academic freedom and journalism.<\/p>\n<h3>Resignation\u200c and \u200cPromises of Improvement<\/h3>\n<p>The controversy surrounding McElroy&#8217;s hiring ultimately led to the resignation \u2062of the college&#8217;s president, M. Katherine Banks. \u200cBanks\u200c was accused of misleading staff\u200c regarding\u2062 the handling of the situation. Interim President Mark A. Welsh III, in his first public appearance since assuming the role, issued an apology and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-am-agrees-to-pay-1-million-settlement-to-professor-in-botched-hiring\/\" title=\"Texas A&#038;M to pay  million settlement to professor in hiring mishap.\">promised clearer guidelines moving forward<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to fix that so that we can make sure we do this in a \u2064thoughtful way with better support for the decision-maker and\u2062 for Dr. Alonzo,&#8221; Welsh stated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the tumultuous events of the past month, McElroy expressed her enduring connection\u200b to Texas A&#038;M University, emphasizing that it remains in her \u200bheart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journalism professor at Texas A&amp;M settled for $1 million after the university withdrew its initial offer. Kathleen McElroy, a black journalist, was later appointed to head the journalism program, but faced criticism for her previous work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1990936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}