A university report found that fears of a conservative backlash botched the effort to hire a Black professor, Kathleen McElroy, to run its journalism program.
The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the appointment of Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program.
Higher education is always going to be a great way to secure professional opportunities and ensure the chance for upward mobility. But need it be the only way?