This podcast contains comments from the July 27, 2023 meeting of the Texas higher education coordinating board.
The Texas higher education coordinating board approves Texas A&M's request to create two bachelor's degrees in journalism.
Click HERE to read and download information about Texas A&M's journalism program from the Texas higher education coordinating board.
The unanimous vote followed a presentation from A&M provost Alan Sams.
He did not bring up, nor was he asked, about the failed hiring of Kathleen McElroy to direct the journalism program and/or the resignation of president Katherine Banks following national attention regarding McElroy.
Sams says 50 current A&M students and 50 freshmen are expected to be in the new program this fall.
The provost, who is A&M's chief academic officer, says journalism majors will complete a multi-disciplinary degree plan that will also prepare them to work as content creators in corporate communications and in public relations.