Public Reactions

Former Senior Advisor to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick

“It’s hard to see how McElroy is the right person for the job. She likes the journalism most Americans have learned not to trust … Texas A&M may want to reconsider if it really needs a journalism school. Unless it can find someone who believes in reporting all sides of the news, it may want to chalk up the McElroy experience as a bullet dodged and take a pass,” Sylvester told The Cannon.

Editorial Board

The Houston Chronicle

“Unfortunately, this debacle on the Brazos is probably a portent. As long as those cold-eyed crusaders of antiwokeness, Govs. Abbott and Ron DeSantis of Florida, are competing with each other, our academic institutions are going to suffer,” The Houston Chronicle Editorial Board said.

Former Dean of the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Those meddling in the appointment of accomplished professionals like Nikole Hannah-Jones and Kathleen McElroy are destroying the very idea of a university, and infringing on its ability to question, explore, discuss, challenge and shape new knowledge,” King said in an article for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Tracy Hammond

Texas A&M University Speaker of the Faculty Senate

“Right now, we are at a pivotal moment in Texas A&M University history. The world is watching us,” Hammond said during a Faculty Senate meeting.

Valerie Muñoz

Writer for the Texas Scorecard and journalism student at Texas A&M

“This is a WIN for FACTS and truthful journalism in place of spun ‘journalism’ in the name of DEI. Glad to be the Aggie who exposed this,” Muñoz tweeted.