The Chronicle: Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value
The Texas A&M University System is moving ahead with a controversial method of evaluating how much professors are worth, based on their salaries, how much research money they bring in, and how much money they generate from teaching, The Bryan-College Station Eagle reports.
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The Chronicle: Texas A&M Regents Name an Interim Leader for Flagship
One day after Elsa A. Murano announced her resignation as president of Texas A&M University’s main campus here, the university system’s Board of Regents on Monday appointed R. Bowen Loftin, leader of the system’s Galveston branch campus, as the flagship’s interim president.
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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.
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Houston Chronicle: Chancellor gives A&M president poor score
The last few months have not been easy for Elsa Murano, the first female and first Hispanic president of Texas A&M University.
Last week, the chancellor of the sprawling system, Mike McKinney, floated the idea of eliminating her job and combining it with his.
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