President of Texas A&M’s Flagship Resigns Under Pressure

by E Wayne Ross on June 15, 2009

The Chronicle: President of Texas A&M’s Flagship Resigns Under Pressure

The embattled president of Texas A&M University at College Station, Elsa A. Murano, has resigned, effective today. Her announcement on Sunday came one day before a special meeting of the system’s Board of Regents during which she was expected to be fired or forced to resign.

Inside Higher Ed: Texas Showdown

An unusually public battle between the president of Texas A&M University’s flagship campus and her boss, Chancellor Mike McKinney, ended Sunday as the president announced her resignation, effective today. Elsa Murano’s job had been in limbo since McKinney, the system head, gave her a particularly stinging evaluation.