UNC Board To Reexamine Tenure For Nikole Hannah-Jones
The board’s initial decision to give the award-winning journalist a five-year contract, not tenure, reflects a politicization of state university boards that could affect recruiting, learning and equity.
Amanda Becker
Originally published by The 19th
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s board of trustees will again weigh whether to grant incoming professor Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure after an outcry over their decision to not give her the customary job protection, and whether it was related to her journalistic work reexamining how slavery shaped the United States’ founding.
The faculty committee that evaluates personnel and tenure matters resubmitted to the board this week its recommendation that Hannah-Jones receive tenure, the board’s chair has confirmed.
Though it is no...