Texas A&M President Resigns Amid Fallout Over Botched Hiring of Black Journalism Professor

Visitors walk along a pond behind the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Center on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on Dec. 2, 2018. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Texas University A&M President M. Katherine Banks resigned from the school following a resolution passed by the Faculty Senate to investigate the mishandling of the hiring of former New York Times journalist Kathleen McElroy.

Ms. Banks submitted her resignation late Thursday, according to a university news release Friday morning. She became the school’s 26th president two years ago after 10 years of service as Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Engineering.