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Texas A&M alumni, former New York Times editor and former director of the University of Texas’ School of Journalism Kathleen McElroy signed a contract to become the director of A&M’s new journalism program at a ceremony on June 13.

The contract granted McElroy a position as a professor in the Communication and Journalism department, appointed her as director of the journalism program and offered her tenure pending approval by the Board of Regents. However, after McElroy said A&M offered her a different contract, McElroy told The Eagle “I feel now kind of like a pawn in all of this,” and that she would be returning to her position at UT. During a July 19 faculty senate meeting, President M. Katherine Banks said her office only signed off on the first offer.

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